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Silverband (Barytes) |
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Silverband (Barytes) |
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Silverband (Barytes)
| Location: |
Dunfell
9½ miles [15 km] S of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 91, OL31) NY702317, 54° 40' 48" N, 2° 27' 42" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1880's - Silverband Mining Co. Ltd. |
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1930's - Silverband Syndicate, per. J. W. Maxwell |
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1940's - B. Laporte Ltd. |
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1950's - Laporte Chemicals Ltd. |
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1980's - Silverband Barytes Co. |
| Output: |
1884 - Lead Ore. |
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1888 - Lead Ore. |
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1890 - Lead Ore. |
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1938 - Barytes, Galena. |
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1944 - Barytes. |
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1945 - Barytes. |
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1948 - Barytes. |
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1950 - Barytes. |
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1984 - Barytes. |
| Employment: |
1888 - 0 [Standing] |
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1890 - 0 [Standing] |
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1938 - 3 [Prospecting] |
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1944 - 59 (28 below, 31 surface) |
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1945 - 50 (25 below, 25 surface) |
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1948 - 63 (35 below, 28 surface) |
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1950 - 65 (40 below, 25 surface) |
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 Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Silverband (Barytes) |
| Notes: |
1877 - Abandoned |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Silverband (Barytes)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Silverband (Barytes)
Credits
Sources:
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1938 List of Mines
- 1944 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
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