South Skelton Mine

aka Vans Pit

Iron Mine
Worked from 1870 to 1954

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot

Sep 27th, 2024 by ChrisTwigg


North Yorkshire Moors
Boosbeck
54.5398102, -0.989448
NZ 6548 1653
Private Land
123m
#11,559
  • 1872-1876 T. Vaughan & Co.
  • 1877-1878 Trustees of T. Vaughan & Co.
  • 1879-1881 Clay Lane Iron Works
  • 1882-1898 Clay Lane Iron Co. Ltd
  • 1899-1928 Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
  • 1929-1954 Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd

Publications (10)

  • (1920); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XII - Iron Ores: Lias, oolites and later formations in England; 266 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Cleveland Iron Stone Mines; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Cleveland Ironstone Mines; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Cleveland Ironstone Mines; 1 pages
  • Gill, M.C. & Burt, R.; NMRS (2003); British Mining 72 - Mines of Yorkshire, The; ISBN 0901450 56 1; pp.80,84,335-337.
  • NMRS; British Mining 28 - Memoirs 1985; pp.5.
  • NMRS; British Mining 48 - Memoirs 1993; pp.109.
  • NMRS; Newsletter May/1989; pp.8.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1991; pp.11.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1992; pp.4.

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