 | | Journal (issue) | | SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2023 Articles The Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England................575 by P...sciences center containing a wet and dry cave environment and a mine. He was active in the Tucson Gem and...TRINCHILLO TOURMALINE WITH LEPIDOLITE Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil 16 cm | w w w.FineMineral.com Fine...classics.fine.minerals The Dry Gill Mine Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England Peter S. Burr Ichoring 30A...Crescent High Harrington Workington, CA14 4NT England “Campylite,” a variety of mimetite, occurs rather |  | | Journal (volume) | | with yellow pyromorphite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.J. King Collection (ex. Harwood...lined with green malachite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection. David...mineralisation of the Roughton Gill mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 3 Roughton Gill Mine Trevor F. Bridges,...Danburite from Meldon Quarry, Okehampton and other UK localities Michael S. Rumsey, George Ryback and Richard...Francis Ince 44-62 A report on Hay Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, Michael S. Rumsey |  | | Journal (volume) | | Austell, U.K. A.D. Hart NHM, London, UK RA. Howie, Matlock, UK RJ. King, Tewkesbury, U.K. I.R Plimer... Parkville, Australia M.T. Price, OUMNH, Oxford, UK RE. Starkey, Bromsgrove, U. K. RF. Symes, Sidmouth...lnce, 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, LE11 3SQ UK). Back numbers of the Journal may also be ordered...characteristic trigonal sym metry, from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, described by Bridges et al. in this...botryoidall;>aryte, from Durnford Quarry, near Bristol, England. Chris Finch collection; David Green photograph |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1. Mimetite, variety Campylite, Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria . _ ... Specimen: 135 x 88 x 40mm...ticle In this Issue). Photo by Mick Cooper. The UK Journal ofM;nes a'1d Mi,,erals publishes articles...BOOK REVIEWS -----58----CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & '.\·lincrals No. 11 -1- EDITORIAL...such an extent that we lose touch with the local UK scene, but the variations in the mineralogical scene...indecent; just your average bunch of collectors in fact. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 11 -2- GODDESS |  | | Book | | siderite, Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite (MNS 4491) Back cover-'Daisy' gypsum, Birks Head Mine, Long Marton (MNS...(top left) Mimetite, variety campylite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz, variety...Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale (MNS 4488) (bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS...District , the hematite ore bodies of west and south Cumbria and the evaporitesof the Vale of Eden. A detailed...extensive hematite deposits of west and south Cumbria has also long been the subject of speculation. |  | | Catalog/List | | refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...is:5 Ferney Green Drive, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3HS Please write to Max stating the names...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland |  | | Journal (issue) | | collected sharks teeth and other fossils from Southern England. Meticulous and painstaking in everything he did...fled to the cars. We moved on to the Blackcraig Mine tips for lunch. Much of the three to four mile stretch...site of the day was the Talnotry Arsenic and Nickel Mine dumps. This site is hidden deep in the forest, up...and set off for the Lauchentyre and King's Laggan Mine dumps. The road to the mines ran through some scenic...rejoined the party across the road at King's Laggan Mine. This meant traversing an even more mal-odorous |  | | Journal (volume) | | Ives Leeds (A division of St. Ives Group), Leeds, England. Published by The Russell Society. Registered Charity...prismatic mimetite crystals to 4mm from Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, collected in the 1970s by Jim...British occurrence of kottigite, from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and David I Green PAPERS...mineralisation at Driggith and Sandbed Mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor...review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David I Green and |  | | Journal (issue) | | J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...P. J. Dunn Famous mineral localities: The Mezica mine, Slovenia, Yugoslavia ............................Pyromorphite group minerals from the Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England .................................................................... 123 by B. M. England Locality species lists ..........................ISSUES! v.15/#5 Jacupiranga mine (Bra zil), Jensen quarry (CA), Cunha Baixa mine, Paulkerrite $7 v.15/#6 |  | | Journal (volume) | | crystals up to 4.5 mm tall from Red Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection. Photograph...the dump of Endeavour Level, Potts Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Paul Nicholson Collection. Photograph...Tindle 3-9 Zincolivenite from the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall Jens C. Ø. Andersen and David Moulding...review of the mineralisation at Ingray Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria David I. Green, Michael S. Rumsey, Trevor...The mineralogy of Short Grain Low Level, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Tim Neall and David I. Green 45-61 ‘Lady’s |  | | Book | | ROUGHTON GILL AND THE MINES OF THE CALDBECK FELLS ~ -.:,-=~~---:- . ~ ROUGHTON GILL AND THE MINES...MINES OF THE CALDBECK FELLS By Ian Tyler ..'/ 'i_', ,1·, '.' \., ,, .. ., . i '~~~ .,_ ' . :-Y, ...Mining Museum, Otley House, Otley Road, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5LE Printed and bound in Great Britain by:...Mining & Silver Gill 1 Before the Germans 2 Society of Mines Royal 3 Balli way Rigg & Thief Gill 4 Brigham...Some Home Comforts 6 Underground at Silver gill 7 A New Mine Fortune 8 Changes Afoot 9 The Hechstetter |  | | Journal (volume) | | non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...in this article! Finally, we visit the north of England for Brian Young’s account of magnetite mineralisation...of euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall. Journal of the Russell Society, 19, 34–35...Mineral Localities: Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Cornwall, England. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, 20...Quarry2,7,9 (now water-filled and the location of the UK National Diving Centre, Stoney Cove) SP 493 9421 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Changes 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 News Items Update on UK Mining Projects ...................................a loss; especially to members in the north of England. On a more up-beat theme, there is positive news...to several of the potential mining ventures in the UK both in terms of increased estimates of available...in the future. It seems entirely possible that the UK may once again have a metalliferous mining industry...at Easter to join the Northern Mine Research Society for a week of mine exploration, sight-seeing and |  | | Journal (issue) | | logy. Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome...with calcite, galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire. Sir Arthur Russell...vivianite PG. Embrey 77 Native silver from Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy...Alderley Edge - Mottram St Andrew area, Cheshire, England R . S. W. Braith waite 91 Fluorite at Hampstead...occurrence of arsenate minerals at Gwaith-yr-Afon mine, Dyfed , Wales S.A . Rust and J.s. Mason 109 NOTES |  | | Book | | PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055.......................................... 204 W: wad to wurtzite .......................................Westmorland in the mid- I 970s to form the new county of Cumbria). The confusion appears to have occurred during...on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned for his compendious...Severallocalities intheLakeDistrict Carrockmine.Grainsgill, Caldbeck Fells,Cumb:ia (jask61skiile)' WheatCock,SIJust |  | | Book (edition) | | from coming into contact with a number of other mine enthusiasts whose knowledge and friendliness has...tends only to deal with a specific aspect o f a mine, so when a l l the pieces arc put together the result... a warning. I shall have something to say about mine exploration later, but for the time being please...value. The early history o f Borrowdalc Graphite Mine is taken from the article b y George C. Boon in...Much o f the more recent information on Greenside Mine came from an essay by Arnold Lewis, which is kept |  | | Book | | pleasecontact the publishers. Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum,County Durham [Beamish]: pages................... 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...ground; trial workings, mine dumps, mine buildings and smeltings, plus mine location maps and a wealth...bibliography concludes the work. Minerals of Northern England will rate as one of the classic works on British |  | | Book (edition) | | 1970 © W. T. Shaw, 1970. LTD., Ccaledbeck e Caldbeck ey Ler, Fells. vo FLth,-» >) ge 3 YR : yet...Miners Methods Used Lakeland Dressing The Caldbeck Helvellyn Keswick Coniston Terms in the Mines...photograph Sandbeds Mine, of Glenridding; 113 were taken by Eric Caldbeck. Holland from the photographs...prospected with “Uncle” John William Shaw, who was mine foreman at Coniston for many years. / am grateful...were with me on many geological excursions on the Caldbeck Fells. Mr. E. H. Shackleton has given useful advice |  | | Book (edition) | | mis as ae As oe 34 ae ve Plants The Caldbeck Fells Helvellyn SG, Ee a8 Aa a ae a ave... Cover photograph by Eric Holland Sandbeds Mine, Caldbeck. a shows the last shift at . $ zy A...There is little doubt that Silver Beck is Silver Gill Mine and Minersdale is thought to be the ancient name...which stands the famous old Roughtongill Mine on the Caldbeck Fells. Of the copper mines near Keswick...smelting enterprise on a scale without equal in England in a district far from any industrial facilities |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Lane, Blaxton, Nr. Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Telephone: (0302) 770248 ADVERTISING Forde � ...and current mining news. Remember that the working mine or quarry of today will become the collecting and...two-day trip in 1847, visiting mines at Roughton Gill, Dry Gill, Driggith ("Drigga"), Sandbeds, and other,...mineral dealer Bryce McMurdo Wright, a native of Caldbeck, who dealt from premises in Liverpool and London...latter derived from the famous Borrowdale graphite mine. Bryce Wright was obviously jealous of his dual |  | | 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 | | Volcanic rocks of the Caldbeck Fells, will rank amongst the best Mines in the North of England . Since 1565 no...were erected at Keswick, Dale Head , Stoneycroft Gill, Braithwaite, Thornthwaite, Roughtengill, and Greenside...Goldscope Mine 76 81 Dale Head Mine "" Brandley or Brandlehow Mine " 83 86 Yewthwaite Mine "" 39 88 Barrow...Barrow Mine "" 39 90 "3 Stoneycroft Mine 93 Thornthwaite Mine 91 " " Rachel Wood Mine 96 دو Blencathra...Blencathra Mine 96 رو Woodend Mine 96 "" 96 ور Gategill Mine )) Threlkeld Mine 98 "" Mines in the Lake |  | | Journal (issue) | | on the occurrence of erythrite at East Blackcraig Mine, Newton Stewart, ............................ ....the other in August, and the weather was warm and dry for both weeks. sea slaters and a beautiful wide...been a dangerous operation, but due to the warm and dry conditions, I completed the job in three days. I...of the best apatites (amongst other things) in the UK. He also collected superb specimens on the Lizard...also spent some years working at the South Crofty mine as a surveyor and then as a geological Nick was |  | | Report (volume) | | scattered over the Midlands, Wales and the North of England. Most of them have been visited by the author$...this information. Our thanks are due to numerous mine managers for assistance while visiting their mines...lvlerioneth and Carnarvonshire ,, IV.-Section of Clogau :Mine, l.vlerioneth " V. -Sketch Map of the Coniston... the greater part from the Cornish mines. Ecton Mine in Staffordshire and the Parys Mountain Mines in...copper mines. The copper mines of the ,vest of England have already been described in the Special Reports |
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