West Tankerville

aka Hope Valley or East Roman Gravels

Lead and Zinc Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot

Aug 31st, 2025 by BertyBasset



Welsh Border & Shropshire
Tankerville
52.5959473, -2.9827099
SJ 3353 0025
Private Land
300m
#1,068


Tony Jarrat’s 1971 Logbook notes the following features:

  • SJ 3341 0003 Level (obliterated)
  • SJ 3345 0011 Level (obliterated)
  • SJ 3354 0018 California Shaft (blocked at 40’)
  • SJ 3357 0010 Cornish Shaft (filled in)
  • SJ 3368 0015 Lawrence Whim Shaft (open at c100’)
  • SJ 3349 0009 Shaft (c50’ deep)
  • SJ 3352 0025 Shaft (filled in)
  • SJ 3362 0025 Shaft (c25’ deep)
  • SJ 3383 0062 Shaft (c 20’ deep)
  • SJ 3364 0064 Wood Level (blocked by concrete, but emitting much water)
  • SJ 3331 0020 Shaft (almost completely filled)
  • SJ 3365 0051 Shaft (20’ deep to rubbish)
  • SJ 3365 0045 Shaft (blocked)
  • SJ 3397 0051 Shaft (levelled over)
  • SJ 3365 0035 Shaft (filled in)
  • SJ 3209 0195 Level (Very low and flooded - 3“ to 4“ of airspace)

Publications (8)

  • (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XXIII - Lead & Zinc: Pre-Carboniferous Shropshire & North Wales; 111 pages
  • Adams, D.R. (1963); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 02-2 Oct - Survey of the South Shropshire Lead Mining Area Part 1; 6 pages (105-110)
  • Jarratt, Tony (1974); Logbook 1; 105 pages
  • Liscombe & Co (1880); Mines of Cardiganshire, Montgomereyshire & Shropshire; 52 pages
  • NMRS; British Mining 61 - Memoirs 1998; pp.102.
  • NMRS; British Mining 69 - Memoirs 2001; pp.48.
  • NMRS; British Mining 73 - Memoirs 2003; pp.129.
  • NMRS; Memoirs 1969; pp.76.





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