Kilton Mine


Iron Mine
Worked from 1871 to 1963

Jan 1st, 2024 from NMRS by Buddle-Bot



North Yorkshire Moors
Loftus
54.543061, -0.928463
NZ 6942 1695
Private Land
126m
#11,570


1872-1873 Kilton Iron Co. 1874-1893 Kilton Iron Co. 1894-1914 Walker, Maynard & Co. 1915 Hugh Bell & A.T. Dorman 1916-1922 Bell Brothers Ltd 1923-1954 Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd 1955-1963 Dorman, Long (Steel) 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 Ironstone Mines; 1 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Kilton Mines; 1 pages
  • Gill, M.C. & Burt, R.; NMRS (2003); British Mining 72 - Mines of Yorkshire, The; ISBN 0901450 56 1; pp.84,235-237.
  • Gill, M.C. (2010); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 17-6 Win - North Yorkshire Moors Coalfields, The; 12 pages (21-32)
  • NMRS; British Mining 28 - Memoirs 1985; pp.5,27.
  • NMRS; British Mining 48 - Memoirs 1993; pp.107.
  • NMRS; Newsletter May/1989; pp.7-8.
  • NMRS; Newsletter May/1992; pp.15.
  • NMRS; Newsletter Nov/1991; pp.11


Kilton Ironstone Mine. Rising above the landscape like an Ayers Rock the spoil tip is known locally as 'Kilton Hill'.



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