The major level from the Gunnerside Gill sett onto the Friarfold group of veins connected important mining sites. It likely joined with the workings of the Old Gang mines to the east, forming an extensive underground network.
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Publications (5)
(2008); CATMHS - Newsletter 091-May; 44 pages BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Lownathwaite And Old Gang: Old Rake.; 1 pages BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Main Workings Of Old Gang Mines; 1 pages BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Minor Veins, Old Gang.; 1 pages Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-6 Win - Comparative Archaeology of Tin and Lead Dressing in Britain during the Nineteenth Century, The; 32 pages (316-347)
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Bunton Level Crushing Mill - 61m Sir George Level - 106m Watersykes Level - 163m Bunton Hush - 164m Old Rake Hush - 218m Gorton Level - 225m Sun Hush Level - 233m Fryerfold Hush - 247m Hopper's Low Level - 268m Gorton Hush - 275m Priscilla Level - 298m Prosper Level - 366m Rowley Shaft - 366m Anthony Metcalf Shaft - 368m Pounder (Founder?) Shaft - 385m Jos Calvert's Shaft - 410m Barbara Level - 427m Buxton Shaft - 458m Woodward Level - 472m Clifton's Hush - 477m North Hush - 486m South Hush - 495m Lownathwaite Mines - 501m Thomas Turner Shaft - 502m Clarkson's Level - 521m Jno Close Shaft - 532m Storey Shaft - 552m Thomas Daykin Shaft - 587m Tiplady Shaft - 619m Hopper's Rake Level - 622m Gorton West Shaft - 656m Drunken Shaft - 656m Blakethwaite Smelt Mill - 657m West Whim Shaft - 660m Barbara Level - 669m Smithson Shaft - 678m South Trial Hush - 679m Barbara Trial Level - 686m North Trial Hush - 709m Birkbeck Shaft - 710m Rig Shaft - 719m Rutter's Hand Level - 724m Barbara Trial Level - 737m Sun Shaft - 739m Sunter Shaft - 751m Smithy Shaft - 753m Blind Gill Level - 781m Lownathwaite Smelt Mill - 808m Rowley Shaft - 814m Blakethwaite Low Level - 841m Raper Kearton Shaft - 843m Jno Daykin Shaft - 854m Gorton East Shaft - 855m Long Race (The) - 872m Blakethwaite Smelt Mill Chimney - 877m Climbing Shaft - 878m Old Whim Shaft - 892m Gorton Forefield Shaft - 902m Dolphin Shaft - 907m Lownathwaite Forefield Shaft - 911m Harriet Level - 951m Sim Harker Shaft - 951m Buxton Shaft - 968m Reynoldson Shaft - 988m Blakethwaite Dressing Floor - 991m Buxton East Shaft - 1,003m East Whim Shaft - 1,039m Thomas Harker Shaft - 1,061m Bell Shaft - 1,097m Silver Hill Level - 1,100m Blakethwaite Main Level - 1,106m George Close's Shaft - 1,149m Reuben Piper's Shaft - 1,171m Fryerfold Shaft - 1,196m Sir Francis Level - 1,199m Tim Hunt Shaft - 1,202m Merryfield Smithy (House) - 1,206m Merryfield - 1,213m High Whim Shaft - 1,217m Rutter Shaft - 1,229m William Pratt Shaft - 1,255m Fothergill Shaft - 1,278m Scrin Shafts - 1,280m Rowley Shaft - 1,307m Jno Miller Shaft - 1,308m Slack Shaft - 1,318m Freeman Rake - 1,329m Shake Shaft - 1,337m Thompson's Shaft - 1,341m Simpson's Shaft - 1,365m Carter Shaft - 1,377m Cherry Shaft - 1,392m Slack's Shaft - 1,397m Rowley Shaft - 1,423m Pedley Shaft - 1,438m Halliday Shaft - 1,442m Sir Francis Dressing Floor (A.D. Co.) - 1,449m Forefield Shaft - 1,457m Cleminson Shaft - 1,485m Alderson Shaft - 1,495m Blakethwaite Level - 1,504m Quarry Shaft - 1,551m Thomas Bell Shaft - 1,557m Brunskill Shaft - 1,571m Simpson Shaft - 1,586m Turnpike End Shaft - 1,629m Sir Francis Dressing Floor (Old Gang) - 1,630m Galloway Shaft - 1,663m Carter Shaft - 1,666m Fryerfold Rake - 1,678m Cowling Shaft - 1,682m Blakethwaite Mine - 1,731m Cowling Shaft - 1,737m Dr Gill String - 1,745m Cowper Shaft - 1,771m Blakethwaite Lonsdale Level - 1,779m Blakethwaite Low Dam - 1,786m Raw's Shaft - 1,789m Waters Shaft - 1,805m Old Rake Hush - 1,844m Blakethwaite High Dam - 1,852m Metcalf Shaft - 1,864m Hodgson Shaft - 1,901m North Rake Hush - 1,941m Metcalf Low Shaft - 1,955m Whim Shaft - 1,958m Pump Shaft - 1,975m Swallow Shaft - 1,988m Cow Shaft - 1,992m
