Overton

Part of Gregory Mine


Lead and Fluorite Mine

Worked from Circa 1700 to 1960s

Nov 11th, 2024 from Web by Alex



Headframe 2020
Peak District
Ashover
53.155632, -1.483888
SK 3461 6218
Private Land
194m
25m
#26,567


Headframe, 2020
Headframe, 2020

All the remains on the surface is a headframe over the 80ft shaft and a small winding engine from the 1960s.



This mine was worked as part of the Gregory mine next door until closure in 1806 due difficult geological conditions and issues with flooding.

The mine was reopened in the 1960s as a small private mine to produce fluorspar from the waste rock that was left by the lead miners.



It is located in a field opposite some houses. The mine owners do give permission for exploration but I do not know who owns the mine.



Publications (2)

  • Band, Stuart R. (1983); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 08-5 Sum - Steam Engines of Gregory Mine, Ashover, The; 27 pages (269-295)
  • Ford, Trevor D. (2014); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 19-1 Sum - Geological Setting of the Old Lead Mines of Ashover and Crich, Derbyshire, The; 26 pages (1-26)


Headframe 2020




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