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| Dubhow Copper Mine, Patterdale | ||
| Dubhow Copper Mine | ||
| civil parish:- | Patterdale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | copper mine | |
| locality type:- | mine | |
| coordinates:- | NY40851438 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4014 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY41 | |
| references:- | Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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| evidence:- | visit log:- KDMRS 1979-82 placename:- Dubhow Gill Mine placename:- Dubhow Copper Mine item:- malachite; copper pyrites; barytes; shovel; mine drill; bottle; clogs |
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| source data:- | Notes, log book of Geological Outings, mine plans, etc, Kendal
and District Mine Research Society, Kendal area, Cumbria, etc,
visits made 1979-82. Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society Log book page 79:- "DATE - 1/2/81 / MAP REF - NY41 4080/1440. / LOCATION - PATTERDALE. / NAME - DUBHOW GILL MINE. / TYPE OF SITE - MINE / WORKING OR DISUSED - DISUSED (WORKED FROM 1761-1763-4) / PEOPLE IN PARTY [ ] / NOS. OF PHOTOS - 47 / SPECIMENS FOUND - SMALL PIECES OF MALACHITE & COPPER PYRITES + LARGE PIECES OF BARYTES. / COMMENTS - COOL SUNNY DAY. FIRST PART OF MINE IN WATER OVER WADER DEPTH, BOAT WAS USED FOR FIRST 100FT APPROX AFTER WHICH IT GRADUALLY SHALLOWED OUT AND BECAME FAIRLY DRY. VERY LITTLE COPPER ORE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FOUND, ALTHOUGH BARYTES SEEMS TO BE QUITE EXTENSIVE IN RIGHT HAND LEVEL. SHOVELS (2) DRILLS BOTTLE &CLOGS WERE FOUND IN THIS MINE AND WERE TAKEN OUT FOR PRESERVATION. BOTH LEVELS END IN ROCK WALLS AND EXCEPT FOR ONE SMALL STOPE NO EXTENSIVE STOPING HAS BEEN DONE." item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | mine drawing:- KDMRS 1979-82 |
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| source data:- | Geological Outing of the Kendal and District Mine Research Society to Dubhow Copper
Mine, Patterdale click to enlargeKMR17.jpg "DUBHOW COPPER MINE" item:- private collection : 82 Image © see bottom of page |
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West of Angle Tarn; worked 1761-62? and in the 19th century. |
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| Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire)::
ISBN 0 85206 931 6 |
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