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  Abandoned Mines Abandoned Mines  

1888 Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines for Cumberland

Plan
No.		 Mine Parish Post Town Mineral Date Received Remarks
407 Birchy Bank Alston Moor Lead Ore.
400 Blueberg Level Near Murton Pike Lead Ore.
485 Borrowdale Plumbago Keswick Plumbago.
573 Brandlow, Thornthwaite And Barrow Keswick Lead Ore. At work again.
481 BRAYTON DOMAIN, No. 2 Maryport Coal. 03 Nov 1875
59 Cumberland Black Lead Mines Keswick Plumbago.
206 East And West Bonser Coniston Copper Ore.
133 HIGH HOUSE Iron Ore, haematite. 24 Sep 1874
396 Holyfield Lead Alston Lead Ore.
1,189 LAMPLUGH Lamplugh Coal. Main Band, Little 01 Oct 1880
R.83C LOWESWATER Loweswater Lead Ore.
480 Nepgill Greysouthern Coal. Little Main
401 Renny's Fold Dufton Fell Lead Ore.
302 Talkin Talkin Coal.
844 WHITEHAVEN, Wreah Whitehaven Coal. 01 Aug 1878
1,782 Woodend Iron Ore, haematite. 04 Nov 1885
389 Workington Whitehaven Coal.

The plans of abandoned mines are held by the Coal Authority (http://www.coal.gov.uk/) at the following address: The Coal Authority, 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG

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