Today I was out walking with my daughter and a friend around leadmines clough.
These images are of a memorial to the wellington bomber that went down on these moors.
The earliest record of mining in Lead Mines Clough dates back to 1692. After years of stop/start ventures the mines reached their peak of production in 1781-1790 and in 1788-1789, 73 tons of lead were produced. During this period the locality became famous for the discovery of witherite which was used secretly by Josiah Wedgwood at his works in Eturia for the production of Jasper ware. Even in recent years witherite, because it contains arsenic, was used locally as a rat poison. The mine ceased working in 1837.
Posted on July 24th, 2008 by
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