Description
The Willyhole mine set includes the workings of Reddycomb Mine in the adjacent sike. Two veins were worked: Reddycomb Vein and Willyhole Vein. Initially, each vein was worked separately for lead ore. However, in 1896, they were combined and operated for zinc.
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Publications (2)
(1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVI - Lead & Zinc Ores or Durham, Yorkshire & Derbyshire; 126 pages Fairbairn, Raymond A.; NMRS (2005); British Mining 77 - Mines of Upper Teesdale, The; ISBN 0901450 59 6; pp.77,80-82,104,107.
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Sites within 2km (42)
Reddycomb Level - 148m Reddycomb Hush Level - 218m Reddycomb - 236m Reddycomb Hush - 298m Reddycomb Level - 459m Jansen's Shaft - 546m Lady's Rake Mine - 562m Wigram's Level - 569m Willyhole Mine - Level below Little Limestone - 607m Willy Hole Sike High Level - 683m Willyhole Mine Shaft - 689m Lady's Rake - Water Balance - 696m Lady's Rake - Dam - 711m Redgleam Veins - Shaft - 859m Willy Hole Sike Low Level - 873m Herdship Level - 983m Martha's Level - 1,142m Scarhead - 1,152m Rough Rigg, Trough and Scarends - Scarheads Mine Level - 1,209m Cadgers' Well Level - 1,312m Seldom Seen Hush - 1,320m Rough Rigg, Trough and Scarends - Scarheads Opencuts - 1,331m Hawksike Mine - 1,416m Hawksike - Grasshills Shaft - 1,436m Hawksike Hushes - 1,468m Hawksike Hushes - 1,486m Hawksike - Old Level - 1,526m Drygill Sike Level - 1,552m Drygill Sike Low Level - 1,572m Greenhurth Mine - Bothermere Level - 1,667m Trough Sike Level (a) - 1,827m Dubbysike - Tynebottom Limestone opencut - 1,830m Redgleam Veins - Shaft - 1,843m Drygill Sike Middle Level - 1,846m Trough Sike Level (d) - 1,871m Dubbysike Shaft - 1,876m Ashgill Head Low Shop - 1,880m Trough - 1,908m Baking Level - 1,912m Trough Sike Level (b) - 1,914m Dubbysike - Shop Level - 1,939m Hawksike Shop Whimseys - 1,956m
