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Reference: D/X 1712 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Derwent Lead Mines

Covering Dates: 1843-1887

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Derwent Lead Mines (Ref: D/X 1712)
    • Accounts (Ref: D/X 1712/1)
    • Plans (Ref: D/X 1712/2)

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Derwent Lead Mines (Ref: D/X 1712)Accounts (Ref: D/X 1712/1)Ref: D/X 1712/1

Derwent Lead Mines account and wages book showing names of shafts worked, names of miners and their pay, measurements of wagon ways, cost of washing, candles, powder etc. for Ramshaw Mine, Shildon Mine and Jeffries Mine. John Morpeth's copy, 13 May 1843 - 26 April 1887 Includes entries at the back as well.
(1 volume)

Plans (Ref: D/X 1712/2)Ref: D/X 1712/2/1

Draft plan showing dialling of the 50 and 56 fathom levels east from Routledge Sump in Jeffries North Vein, n.d. [1840s]
(1 plan, 45 cm x 26 cm, ink)

Ref: D/X 1712/2/2

Draft plan showing low and top levels of Green's shaft in Ramshaw mine, n.d. [1840s]
(1 plan, 52 cm x 32 cm, pencil)



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