Lindal Moor Mine

Mindat unfortunately only lists three minerals from the site – calcite, goethite, and hematite.

“Mines and Mining in the English Lake District”, by John Postlethwaite, Keswick, published 1877-1913 states

“Still more to the east, and a little further south, in a line with Askam and Millom, there is at Lindal Moor, a third rich mine, where ore has been raised for generations past, and which is still yielding large quantities, 59,480 tons having been raised during the year 1909. The length of the principal deposit, so far as it has been worked, is about 170 fathoms”

The mine appears to have been worked from at least 1882 until it was closed in 1914-1915 – whether this was due to the outbreak of World War I or the mine no longer being economically viable, I’m not sure.

There is a book called “Iron Moor: History of the Lindal Moor and Whitriggs Haematite Mines” which may contain some further information on this site, but unfortunately I don’t currently have a copy.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-5049.html
• https://www.lakesguides.co.uk/html/lgaz/lk20113.htm
• https://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/l909.htm

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