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 (1)
(1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXVI - Lead & Zinc Ores or Durham, Yorkshire & Derbyshire; 126 pages
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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