The geology of the northern part of the English lake districtQuarter sheet 101 SE(Including sheets 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 76, and portions of 54, 55, 56, 57, 62, 65, 68, 73, 74, 75, Cumberland, and 12, 18, 19, Westmoreland, on the scale of six inches to a mile) . mine, is helddistinct from other royalties of the manor; one half thereofbelonging tp Henry Banks, Esq., , and the other half sub-divided in several shares The mine has been opened in different places where the wadhas probably appeared at the surface ; it has only been worked atintervals, and when a sufficient quantity was procured t
The geology of the northern part of the English lake districtQuarter sheet 101 SE(Including sheets 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 76, and portions of 54, 55, 56, 57, 62, 65, 68, 73, 74, 75, Cumberland, and 12, 18, 19, Westmoreland, on the scale of six inches to a mile) . mine, is helddistinct from other royalties of the manor; one half thereofbelonging tp Henry Banks, Esq., , and the other half sub-divided in several shares The mine has been opened in different places where the wadhas probably appeared at the surface ; it has only been worked atintervals, and when a sufficient quantity was procured to answerthe demand for a few years, the mine was strongly closed up tillihe stock was reduced On opening one of the old workings in 1769, it Avas foundto have been carried to a great extent without the help of gun-powder ; and this vein being pursued to the depth of 100 yardsand upwards, much inconvenience was experienced in working it;to obviate which, in the year 1798, an adit or level was begunin the side of the hill, which, at the length of 200 yards, com-municated with the bottom of the old workings. Through thislevel the water passes off, and the produce is brought out to bedressed, and on its mouth a house is buUt, where, when the mine App. f 00o Si 1 > ^. 1 t i ^ ri ., .^^ iij a W-^. Tl r 1 l\i f ^n J f\ i; ^ -^
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