Short Grain
Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
A small historic lead mine worked between 1870 and 1937.
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Mindat lists 16 minerals from the site, mostly lead and copper minerals.
I am not able to find out much information at all about this locale. Unfortunately, my searches are bringing up results for rice…
From satellite imaging the locale appears to be alongside a narrow river or stream valley, even checking old maps I cannot find evidence of any shafts etc – it appears ‘Short Grain’ may refer to one fork of the Hay gill.
There may be no surface evidence of any workings; Mindat has some photos of underground workings but these are quite small.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-1446.html
- https://www.geograph.org.uk/stuff/list.php?title=Short+Grain&gridref=NY1011
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