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mines, Cumbria
county:-   Cumbria

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Beware when reading books about mines in Cumbria, that coal mines tend to get poor coverage.

 Postlethwaite 1877

references:-  
: 1928: Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines: Mines Department &HMSO: vol.1 (Wmd/Cmd/Lan)
Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Clapham, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6
Cameron, Alastair (ed): 2000: Lakeland's Minig Heritage, the Last 500 Years: Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society:: ISBN 0 9539477 0 X
Donald, M B: 1994: Elizabethan Copper: Red Earth Publications:: ISBN 0 9512946 8 7
Holland, Eric G: 1981: Coniston Copper Mines: Cicerone Press (Milnthorpe, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 90236 336 0
Lancaster, J Y &Wattleworth, D R: 1977: Iron and Steel Industry of West Cumberland: British Steel Corporation
Postlethwaite, John: 1975 (reprint): Mines and Mining in the English Lake District: Moon, Michael (Beckermet, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 904131 10 6
Shaw, W T: 1975: Mining in the Lake Counties: Dalesman Books (Clapham, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 271 0
Tyler, Ian: : Lakes and Cumbria Mines Guide
Tyler, Ian: 2001: Cumbrian Mining: Blue Rock Publications (Threlkeld Mining Museum, Cumbria):: ISBN 0 9523028 6 1

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