Mining three veins: Blue Rock Vein, Old Vein and West Vein.
A number of levels, with considerable driveage, but not a lot of mineralisation.
- 1839-? Henry Molyneux & Partners
- 1857-1861 Wheal Henry Helvellyn Lead Mining Company Ltd.
- 1861-1871 Withburn Mining Co.
- 1872-1873 Helvellyn Mining Co. Ltd
- 1876 West Cumberland Consols
- 1877-1881 West Cumberland Consols Ltd
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Publications (24)
- (1921); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXII - Lead & Zinc: Lake District; 65 pages
- (1982); CATMHS - Newsletter 002; 33 pages
- (1982); CATMHS - Newsletter 002; 33 pages
- (1984); CATMHS - Newsletter 006; 17 pages
- (1984); CATMHS - Trip Report 15 07 - Helvellyn Mine; 1 pages
- (1985); CATMHS - Newsletter 008; 23 pages
- (1987); CATMHS - Newsletter 018-December; 38 pages
- (1990); CATMHS - Newsletter 026-April; 24 pages
- (1990); CATMHS - Newsletter 026-April; 24 pages
- (1998); CATMHS - Newsletter 055-November; 29 pages
- (1998); CATMHS - Newsletter 055-November; 29 pages
- (1999); CATMHS - Newsletter 056-February; 28 pages
- (2004); CATMHS - Newsletter 077-November; 25 pages
- (2009); CATMHS - Newsletter 095-May; 47 pages
- (2009); CATMHS - Newsletter 095-May; 47 pages
- (2010); CATMHS - Newsletter 098-February; 38 pages
- (2016); CATMHS - Newsletter 122-February; 35 pages
- (2016); CATMHS - Newsletter 123-May; 43 pages
- (2017); CATMHS - Newsletter 126-February; 38 pages
- (2018); CATMHS - Newsletter 130-February; 39 pages
- (2018); CATMHS - Newsletter 130-February; 39 pages
- (2019); CATMHS - Newsletter 137-November; 37 pages
- (2019); CATMHS - Newsletter 137-November; 37 pages
- Adams, John (2nd Ed 1995); Mines of the Lake District Fells; pp. 137-139