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783
Date Entered
04/03/2014
Updated on
04/03/2014
Recorded by
Alan and Judith Mills
Category
Mining Related
Record Type
Mining
SWAAG Site
Stainton Moor
Site Access
Army Range
Record Date
03/03/2014
Location
Stainton Moor
Civil Parish
Stainton
Brit. National Grid
SE 08890 95568
Altitude
308m
Record Name
Mines on Stainton Moor
Record Description
Two levels on Stainton Moor are noted below.
Wyvill's Level (SE 09384 95803 285m)
The level, which has collapsed, has a long ca. 50m trench to the portal - this is perhaps the result of earlier opencast working. (see photos 1 & 2). It is possible that the apparent collapse is in fact a continuation of this earlier working and that the level goes underneath. Only about one foot of the top of the arch is evident. The absence of galena in the tips indicates that the level did not reach the vein (1). (Note that Wyville Level is also referred to in record 780 but is repeated here for completeness).
Dagget's Level (SE 08890 95568 308m)
Photo 3 shows the portal and photo 4 the spoil tips. The spoil tips are not very large suggesting that the mine itself was not very large, although the presence of galena indicates that the level did reach the vein (1).
Dunham & Wilson (1) suggest that these workings are the eastern-most of those related to the Great Stork Vein and associated strings.
(1) British Geological Survey, "The Geology of the Northern Pennine Orefield" Vol 2, p180, 1985