 | | Catalog/List | | steel grey cubes and cube-octahedra crystals of galena and small brass coloured tetrahedral pyrite growing...growing on a mass of fluorite crystals. BLACKDENE MINE, WEARDALE, DURHAM M 4648 Tetrahedral crystals...crystals of quartz. GREENSIDE MINE, PATTERDALE, CUMBRIA M 4709 Large cubes of galena encrusted with pale milky...siderite with the odd cube of fluorite BLACKDENE MINE, WEARDALE, DURHAM M 4710 Beautiful association...and blue-grey micro-crystals of quartz. BEAUMONT MINE, ALLENHEADS, ALLENDALE, NORTHUMBERLAND M 5034 |  | | Journal (volume) | | non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...included by an unknown black sulphide, from Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire. Don Edwards specimen and painting...2019 EDITORIAL 2 5 PAPERS Enargite from Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire Steve A. Rust 6 10 Manganite...Barium-rich muscovite and hyalophane from Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Pen Llŷn, Gwynedd Tom F. Cotterell, David...59 76 The Smale Gill trials, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, C. Mike Leppington and Tim Neall |  | | Book | | pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages...Orefield The Alston Block ...................... The Pennine Escarpment ........... Alston Moor ...........Wensleydale ...................... Wharfedale, Grassington Moor and Greenhow .................... The West Cumbrian................... 201 72 Foreword ORTHERN England, an area of great natural beauty, is additionally...District, the north Pennines, Cumbria, various regions of north-east England, and North Yorkshire. Such |  | | Catalog/List | | Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance. Cornwall. England. ORDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are prollipt~y...attention at all times. JULY 1973 1. ADAMITE. Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico. Choice well-formed yellowish green...gossan. lxl lT • £1- 6. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich green crystaline to...Li~ht green 2tx2t". £1. AUTUNITE. South Terras Mine, st. Stephens, Cornwall. Light yellowish green platy...Quartz matrix. 2xlt". £2.50. A?1JRITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Bright blue cellular mass |  | | Book (edition) | | coal 220 to 260 Alston Gro·up Girvane1la Band Asbian (P- P 1a) (D 1)- Lower Alston Massive limestone...Stainmore The northern one-third of the Backbone of England, that ridge of hilly country known since last century...Stainmore between the two halves. The northern half or Alston Block is host to a great majority of the deposits...witherite and barytes, minerals that accompany the galena, all became industrially important. The 20th century...a cavity in the Great Limestone flats, Boltsburn Mine. Collected by Sir Arthur Russell and now in the |  | | Catalog/List | | Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 788880 (STD 0736) V.A.T.No...2~-x2xl". £3.50. 6. 7. 8. APATITE. Great Work Mine, 8reage, Cornwall. Small sharp transparent colourless...rix. 3b<4x2t". £33.00. ARSENOPVRITE. Hingston Down Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Specimen A - well " .•. ·formed...matrix. 2tx2xlt". £3.50. BARVTES. settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Sharp, lustrous, creamy...BARVTOCALCITE. Admiralty Flats, Nentsberry Mine, AlstJn Moor, Cumberland. Specimen A - Lustrous white Barytes |  | | Catalog/List | | Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL. NO.: st. Just 880 (STD 073 677) 'V.A. T;... 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. -2BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, westmoreland. ~ single glassy transparent...pinkish Granite. ltxltxlt"- £2.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne Cornwall. A pure, purply, tarnished metallic...the higher workings of the Mine. 2xltxlt". £1.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Select... . 3x2xlt". £8.00. ' . . BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Metallic grey slightly tarnfshed |  | | Catalog/List | | Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ~=, TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD 073 677) V.A... in size, richly scattered in a lxl" cavity in Galena matrix. An old Butler label accompanies the specimen...Calcite. 2xl". £4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery grey, pure solid mass showing...display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green, botryoidal...Specimen B - Itxlxi". £2.50. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Bright blue, botryoidal |  | | Journal (volume) | | mineralogy of the Clargillhead Vein, Tynehead, Cumbria: the first report of native silver from the Northern...and Andy Hopkirk 86 90 Linarite from Cononley Mine, Skipton, North Yorkshire John Chapman and David... 112 120 BOOK REVIEW ‘‘Gold Occurrences in the UK’’ Norman Moles Journal of the Russell Society, volume...The current ‘History of Mineral Collections’ in the UK is not even a ‘History of Kings and Queens’. A small...from localities such as Tynagh Mine in Co. Galway and Pendarves Mine in Cornwall (Figs 1 and 2) serves |  | | Catalog/List | | Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: St. Just 880 V.A.T.No.: 132-7852-67 (STD...Muscovite Mica with minor greyish metallic crystals of Galena in association. The reverse of the specimen is...Siderite. 3xltxl~". £14-. ARTHURITE. Hingston Do"m Mine, Nr. '::a"llington, Cornwall. Rich apple green coloured...matrix. 3x2~". £3.50. AT CITE. Duke of Corn,mll Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen AChoice, lustrous...rich matrix. 2xlt". £2.50. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A Very choice |  | | Journal (issue) | | --------------------------------------------------------Page 21. UK Mining Round-up --------------------------------...-------------------------Page 38. High Longrigg Mine (NB) -------------------------------------------------------Page...fellow members and guests from the four corners of the UK and from overseas. They really are a good way for...a further excavator dig organised at the Benallt Mine following the very successful one at Penberthy Croft...designated SSSI sites. On a more positive note, Natural England have now suggested that in future an application |  | | Catalog/List | | Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.No.: st. Just 880 (STD CJ73 677) V.A.T.No...J 3. APATITE variety FRA~CoLITE. Fowey Consols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Select, sharp, lustrous...association. l-txltxl". £2.75. ARTHURITE. Hingston Down Mine, Nr. Callington, Cornwall. Very rich, light green...mineral. 4x2xli". £4,50. 5. 6. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Select, turquoise coloured...attractive specillBn. 3x2xlt". £4.75. 7. AUTUNITE. Mine La Faye, Grury, Saone-at-Loire, France. Rich, crust |  | | Journal (issue) | | Reopens .......................................... UK On-Shore Oil; The Gatwick Gusher ............................. More problems for the Boulby potash mine .............................................. NASA.......................... .. Prince of Wales Gold Mine. How much trust do you put in a label?....... 19...drawn both to recent incidents at the Boulby potash mine in Yorkshire and to a recent trend in requirements...character, but was well-known to those in the north of England having joined the society in the early 1980s as |  | | Report (issue) | | 0308-2199j BRITISH MINING No.5 MEMOIRS of NORTHERN MINE the RESEARCH 1977 SOCIETY NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS...exploration and geological research with reference to mine workings of the British Isles are welcome for inclusion...addressed to: R.H. Bird Esq. The Editor, Northern Mine Research Society, 41 Windsor Walk, South Anston...Guthrie Esq . Publication After Sales, Northern Mine Research Society, 186 Station Road, Billingham TS23...otherwise, without prior permission of the Northern Mine Research Society. Further, any opinions or statements |  | | Catalog/List | | Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOFlMATION Mail orders are promptly... 7. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey ';onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Small, sharp, ttansparent...2xlt". £1.50. 9. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crusts...Itxlt". 75p. -2- 10. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Cro~ts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Transparent, well formed... C SSITERITE. Wheal Rock, Nr. Bugle, Hensbarrow Moor, Cornwall. Pure, dark brovm cellular mass, with |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...specimens are labelled "Cumberland", "Alston" or "Alston Moor" (Cumberland as a county no longer exists...Westmorland in the mid- I 970s to form the new county of Cumbria). The confusion appears to have occurred during...specimens were acquired through dealers operating in Alston, and, for whatever reason, they opted to change...on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his compendious |  | | Report (volume) | | XXV.-LEAD AND ZINC ORES OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND ALSTON MOOR. BY STANLEY SMITH, }I.A., D.Sc., WITH CONTRIBUTIONS...mi11ing regions of Britain, including most of Alston Moor. Descriptions are given of many valuable fielde...Thornbrough Mine, p. 19. }"allowfield Mine, p. 21. Birkey Burn, p, 25. Grottington or Pont Head Mine, p. 25...Greyside Mines, p. 26. Settling.s tones Mine, p. 29. Langley Barony Mine, p. 31. Snialle1· Mines and Trials...J\line, p. 34. Whinnetlcy Mine, p. 34. '\"{a-terhouse Mine, p . . 34. Morraleo .Mine, p. 35). THE DERWENT |  | | Book (edition) | | MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALF�S GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PENNINE OREFIELD...inserted on the six-inch maps, and all available mine-sections were reduced to the common scale of 200...made by him. The willing co-operation of all the mine-owners and operators and their staffs made possible...Co., the Owners of Settlingstones Mine Ltd., Holmside ·& South Moor Colliery Co. Ltd., and the New Brancepeth..... ... . .. Grain of the Foundation Rocks; The Alston Block; The Teesdale Dome; Burtreeford Disturbance; |  | | Catalog/List | | ';:'reg8seal, St. Just, '~ear Penzance, Cornwall, England. St. Just 880 (STD 073 677) V.a.T. No.132-7852-67...associated with numerous smaller crystals on altered Galena matrix. 3x2". £15, NATIVE NTllONY. South Ham, Wolfe...14. 15. 16. 17. 18. ARA ONITE. Floristella Mine, Sicily, Italy. Superb, lustrous, creamy white,...crystals. 3x2t". £5.50. ll.URICHP.LCITE. Grandvield Mine, Grand :anyon, Coconino Co., Arizona, U.S.~. Select...under u.v. 4tx2t". £5,50. AZUrtITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Conchise Co., Arizona. U.S.A. Fine, bright |  | | Book | | COMPOSITION 29 31 31 31 31 MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...other. Huel, the old Cornish appel lation for a mine, has become corrupted by degrees into “ wheal,”...altered the old spelling of this word which means a mine, into wheal, more particularly as it is still retained...has sometimes crept in, as Wheal Maria Mine, where the word mine is thus repeated twice. In order to avoid |  | | Book (edition) | | : AN ACCOUNT of the MINING DISTRICT’ of ALSTON MOOR WEARDALE and TEESDALE THOMAS SOPWITH Davis...ACCOUNT OF THE MINING © DISTRICTS’ OF ALSTON WEARDALE, MOOR, AND TEESDALE, IN Cumberland and Durham;...THE AND RIVERS TEES. BY T. SOPWITH, LAND AND MINE SURVEYOR. PRINTED SOLD ALSO BY LAND, ALNWICK:... ' Tue Lead-Mining Djstricts of the north of England comprise an extensive range of highly picturesque...are, from Tyne; Hexham to Alston, both in the vale ot from Alston down the Tees to Barnard-Castle |  | | Book | | 1 THE SOUTH WEST 2 WALES 3 IRELAND 4 NORTHERN ENGLAND 6 8 10 5 FROM TWEED TO THAMES II 14 6 MINERALS...pebble beaches of the south and east coasts of England are well known, as are the many around the coast...coastline. THE 1 SOUTH WEST The south-west of England certainly offers the widest variety of mineral...mining at Trewellard, at the Geevor mine, and the old Levant mine which has recently been reopened. Another...was once mined and the dump minerals in clude galena, pyromorphite and sider ite. The many mines between |  | | Book | | FOREI'GN ORES. . • I •• COPPER -" -... - - Galena Anglesite,- &c. Cerussite Pyromorphite, &c. !RON...cl1lorite ; more ra1·ely with tin 01·e, zinc-blende, galena, and calc-spar. Tl1e ore is seldom obtained in...Humphries. 2. NATIVE COPPER. From Penibrol,e Mine, St. A.1.istell, Cornwall. Presented by R. Taylor...at Mu'llion, Liza,rd District, Corn- St. George Mine, Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. IIumphries...Cornwall. NATIVE COPPER, dendritic. Pe'IJibroke Mine, ,_~t. Austell, Cornwall. 19. NATIVE COPPER, cr3rsta |  | | Journal (issue) | | ___ , ., ,___ . .. The Russell Society Dronch Mine, I Oal!eri D , 1..-, J Few Clicksl - -- LC•U~01....................................... Herodsfoot Mine Celebrated ..... ........................ ........bags being deposited on garage floors all over the UK. It was an altogether memorable trip - socially,...Society. Professor Bob Howie was major figure in UK geology and well known to many members. He will be...being from 1974 on a field trip to Nant-yr-Eira Mine, Hafren Forest, Powys, Wales. The collection includes |  | | Report (issue) | | technical history and exploration with reference to mine workings in the British Isles are welcomed for inclusion...to : R.G. GUTHRIE PUBLICATION AFTERSALES NORTHERN MINE RE-SEARCH SOCIETY 186 STATION ROAD BILLINGHMA CO...CLEVELAND TS232RT Tel: 0642 554437 @ NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY This volume is copyright under...the Publishers, The Northern Mine Research Society, Sheffield, England. !ISSN: 0308-2199j BRITISH...Mineral Production Figures of Alston Moor J. Lawson. 23. Buckden Out Moor Lead Smelting Mill. J.M. Dickinson |
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