Description
The mine, featuring two levels, includes Skears Low Level, with the grid reference provided, and Firestone Level, which had its portal at NY94242787. In a departure from the norm in the orefield, the Skears Veins were designated alphabetically from A to H. Skears Low Level is distinguished by remarkable calcite flowstone deposits formed within the ore passes.
History
1821 London Lead Company 1861 Edmund Backhouse & Co. 1907-1912 Teesdale Lead & Zinc Mines Ltd 1940-1945 New London Lead Co. 1948 Coldberry Lead Co. Ltd
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Publications (1)
Carruthers R.G. & Strahan A. (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 (46)
Coldberry Skears - 45m Hall's Level - 58m Jack Scar Level - 429m Aukside Level - 459m Skears Firestone Level - 591m Aukside - Low Level - 606m Old Vein Top Level - 692m Onisgill - 753m Snaisgill Old Level - 759m High Skears - 826m Clubgill Sike Shaft - 831m Walton's Vein Top Level - 977m Graham's Vein Level - 978m Elphatory Level - 983m High Snaisgill Plantation Level - 1,040m Snaisgill Level - 1,045m Aukside - Top Level - 1,127m Marlbeck Level - 1,254m Stoney Gill Level - 1,314m Coldberry Mines - Level - 1,321m Deputation Level - 1,439m Middleside Shaft? - 1,443m Cat Level - 1,472m High Dike Level - 1,480m Coldberry Mines - Level - 1,520m Marlbeck Mine - Marlbeck Rise - 1,546m Coldberry Mine - 1,574m Hunt's Level - 1,581m Hunt's Coldberry - 1,583m Coldberry Mines - Shop - 1,609m Coldberry Low Level - 1,621m Quarry Level - 1,640m Stoney Gill Level - 1,654m Richardson's Level - 1,677m Coldberry Mines - Powder Store - 1,707m Middleton House - 1,723m Slate Sill Level - 1,729m Low Monks Shaft - 1,737m Lead Company's Baths & Wash Houses - 1,738m Coldberry Bottom Level - 1,797m Coldberry North Level - 1,801m Hunt's Low Level - 1,812m Lodge Sike Transport Level - 1,905m Lodge Sike Low Level - 1,950m Coldberry Gutter (Hush) - 1,967m Hudeshope Low Level - 1,971m
