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Derbyshire lead mining history, Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents, Derbyshire lead mining history - Background, Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24, Derbyshire lead mining history - Collecting the dues, Derbyshire lead mining history - Deputy barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Giving a mine, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine ownership, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods, Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola, Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change, Derbyshire lead mining history - The end of lead-mining in Derbyshire, Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Title-holding and record keeping
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Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters.
The coveted and valuable farm of the Duchy of Lancaster's right to the lead mine duties, coupled as it was with the office of chief barmaster, endowed its owner with both a considerable income and authority over the running of the industry. It was always resold at a much higher price than that charged by the Duchy, which was £110 plus annual payments of £72 for the duties and £1-6-8d for the barmastership.
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See also:Derbyshire lead mining history, Derbyshire lead mining history - Background, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods, Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine ownership, Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24, Derbyshire lead mining history - Deputy barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Giving a mine, Derbyshire lead mining history - Collecting the dues, Derbyshire lead mining history - Title-holding and record keeping, Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage, Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola, Derbyshire lead mining history - The end of lead-mining in Derbyshire Read more here: » Derbyshire lead mining history: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine ownership |
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| | | | Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents In conjunction with the jury of twenty-four sitting at the Barmote Courts, the deputy barmasters adjudicated in disputes and enforced compliance with the customs of the mines. Their duties extended to acting as the coroner in the case of fatal accidents, where a specially summoned jury of twelve or thirteen local miners decided the cause of death. In an eighteenth century example the Brassington barmaster, Edward Ash ...
See also:Derbyshire lead mining history, Derbyshire lead mining history - Background, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods, Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine ownership, Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24, Derbyshire lead mining history - Deputy barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Giving a mine, Derbyshire lead mining history - Collecting the dues, Derbyshire lead mining history - Title-holding and record keeping, Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage, Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola, Derbyshire lead mining history - The end of lead-mining in Derbyshire Read more here: » Derbyshire lead mining history: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents |
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| | | | Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola The improvement in smelting efficiency achieved by the ore-hearth furnace was carried forward during the eighteenth century by the gradual introduction of a new type of furnace – the cupola. The ore-hearth had a number of disadvantages. Its characteristic over-heating and dissemination of polluting fumes made it necessary to close the smelter down at the end of each day’s work. The hearth burned out quickly and regular weekly repairs or rebuilding were necessary – between 24th June and 29th September 1657, for instance, thirteen new he ...
See also:Derbyshire lead mining history, Derbyshire lead mining history - Background, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods, Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine ownership, Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24, Derbyshire lead mining history - Deputy barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Giving a mine, Derbyshire lead mining history - Collecting the dues, Derbyshire lead mining history - Title-holding and record keeping, Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage, Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola, Derbyshire lead mining history - The end of lead-mining in Derbyshire Read more here: » Derbyshire lead mining history: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola |
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| | | | Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage Until the seventeenth century mining had usually been abandoned when the work reached the water table. Efforts at draining lead mines by horse-powered pumps, or “engines” had little success. In the later years of the industry mines were successfully drained by steam, internal combustion and electric power, but the first successes were achieved by soughs, drainage tunnels driven into flooded veins to allow the water to run off.By lowering the water table and opening u ...
See also:Derbyshire lead mining history, Derbyshire lead mining history - Background, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods, Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine ownership, Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24, Derbyshire lead mining history - Deputy barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Giving a mine, Derbyshire lead mining history - Collecting the dues, Derbyshire lead mining history - Title-holding and record keeping, Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage, Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola, Derbyshire lead mining history - The end of lead-mining in Derbyshire Read more here: » Derbyshire lead mining history: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage |
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| | | | Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs Everything about the old lead industry, from the mining of ore to its sale, stemmed from the ancient claim of the monarch to all mineral rights. The whole structure was designed to enable the Duchy of Lancaster, a royal possession, to collect the king's royalties and, since these were farmed out, the miners paid them to the king's farmer. By the seventeenth century the local holder of the mineral rights was also the barmaster, who ran the industry, helped by deputies responsible for the liberties, and by the miners juries of the Barmote Cour ...
See also:Derbyshire lead mining history, Derbyshire lead mining history - Background, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods, Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine ownership, Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24, Derbyshire lead mining history - Deputy barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Giving a mine, Derbyshire lead mining history - Collecting the dues, Derbyshire lead mining history - Title-holding and record keeping, Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage, Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola, Derbyshire lead mining history - The end of lead-mining in Derbyshire Read more here: » Derbyshire lead mining history: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs |
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| | | | Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods Lead had traditionally been found by following veins from surface outcroppings, particularly in rakes or vertical fissures. By the seventeenth century, however, most surface lead had been mined and prospecting was achieved by less direct methods. Miners searched for surface signs which were similar to known lead-rich areas, they checked ploughed and other disturbed land for traces of ore, they checked for signs in plants and trees and poorly performing crops, since lead is poisonous to most living things. They used probes to check for ...
See also:Derbyshire lead mining history, Derbyshire lead mining history - Background, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods, Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine ownership, Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24, Derbyshire lead mining history - Deputy barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Giving a mine, Derbyshire lead mining history - Collecting the dues, Derbyshire lead mining history - Title-holding and record keeping, Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage, Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola, Derbyshire lead mining history - The end of lead-mining in Derbyshire Read more here: » Derbyshire lead mining history: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods |
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| | | | Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change After a mid-sixteenth century slump the industry recovered, new mines were opened on Middleton Moor, and production increased, a recovery mainly due to technical developments. While traditional extraction methods had persisted there were vital changes in the ways in which ore was prepared for smelting and in the smelting process itself. The traditional smelter was a bole, a large fire built on a hill and relying on wind power. It functioned best with large pieces of rich ore known as bing and could not deal with anything small ...
See also:Derbyshire lead mining history, Derbyshire lead mining history - Background, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods, Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine ownership, Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24, Derbyshire lead mining history - Deputy barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Giving a mine, Derbyshire lead mining history - Collecting the dues, Derbyshire lead mining history - Title-holding and record keeping, Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage, Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola, Derbyshire lead mining history - The end of lead-mining in Derbyshire Read more here: » Derbyshire lead mining history: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change |
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| | | | Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Background On one of the walls in Wirksworth church is a crude stone carving, found nearby at Bonsall and placed in the church in the 1870s. Probably executed in Anglo-Saxon times, it shows a man carrying a kibble or basket in one hand and a pick in the other. He is a lead miner. By contrast, the north choir aisle of the church is dominated by a far more ostentatious monument, a large ornate alabaster chest tomb, a memorial to Ralph Gell of Hopton, who died in 1563. The simple figure of the miner bears witness to the fact that for centuries the people ...
See also:Derbyshire lead mining history, Derbyshire lead mining history - Background, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining methods, Derbyshire lead mining history - Technical change, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mining customs, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine ownership, Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Chief barmasters and the 24, Derbyshire lead mining history - Deputy barmasters, Derbyshire lead mining history - Giving a mine, Derbyshire lead mining history - Collecting the dues, Derbyshire lead mining history - Title-holding and record keeping, Derbyshire lead mining history - Accidents, Derbyshire lead mining history - Mine drainage, Derbyshire lead mining history - Smelting by cupola, Derbyshire lead mining history - The end of lead-mining in Derbyshire Read more here: » Derbyshire lead mining history: Encyclopedia II - Derbyshire lead mining history - Background |
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