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Force Crag Lead and Barytes Mining Company Limited

Catalogue reference: YDB 43

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This record is about the Force Crag Lead and Barytes Mining Company Limited dating from 1872 - 1880.

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Reference
YDB 43
Title
Force Crag Lead and Barytes Mining Company Limited
Date
1872 - 1880
Description

LEDGER

Related material

<p>Force Crag: The History of a Lakeland Mine by Ian Tyler (1990) is available on the searchroom shelves, at class reference 24 MIN, and gives additional information on the history of the mine.</p>

Held by
Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Force Crag Lead and Barytes Mining Company Limited</corpname>
Physical description
1 File
Immediate source of acquisition

Transferred amongst the records of Cockermouth UDC, Feb.-Dec. 1974

Administrative / biographical background

Force Crag, near Braithwaite, has been mined for lead ore, black zinc, silver and barytes. In recent times this metal mine has been exploited by the New Coledale Mining Company.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3c6f46ae-feec-4ea7-b900-0dcdcddff9d7/

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Force Crag Lead and Barytes Mining Company Limited