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| Askam Mines, Askam and Ireleth | ||
| Askam Mines | ||
| locality:- | Askam | |
| civil parish:- | Askam and Ireleth (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | iron mine (ex) | |
| locality type:- | mine (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | SD21017657 (etc etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2176 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) item:- iron ore; haematite |
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| source data:- | Book, Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite, Keswick,
published by W H Moss and Sons, Whitehaven, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1877; published
1877-1913. goto sourcepage 143:- "On the eastern side of the Duddon Estuary, and a little further south, there is at Askam another rich and extensive deposit of haematite ore. Mining operations have been in progress at Askam for many years past, and large quantities of ore have been raised, but recent borings and trials have proved that there is yet in that locality vast masses of haematite ore, hitherto untouched, the extraction of which may give employment to a large number of workmen for very many years, possibly for generations to come, but some of the ore is at a great depth and will require a considerable expenditure of capital to reach it." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) placename:- Askam Mine |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland,
Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H
Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913. PST2SD27.jpg "Askam Mine" mine symbol item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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