Encyclopedia - Derbyshire Lead Mining History: 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 sevent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Derbyshire Lead Mining History: Encyclopedia Ii - Derbyshire Lead Mining History - Mine Ownership
Derbyshire lead mining history - The king's farmers and chief barmasters. The coveted and valuable farm of the Duchy of Lancaster's rig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Derbyshire Lead Mining History: 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Derbyshire Lead Mining History: 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 gradua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Derbyshire Lead Mining History: 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 com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Derbyshire Lead Mining History: 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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Derbyshire Lead Mining History: 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Derbyshire Lead Mining History: 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. Probabl...   » Read the article