A new lead mine in the northern Pennines |
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| Authors: | BRIAN YOUNG,& IAN FORBES |
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| Affiliation: | British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA,;Killhope Lead Mining Centre, Cowshill, Upper Weardale, County Durham DL13 1AR |
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| Abstract: | Plans by Durham County Council, owners of the Killhope Lead Mining Centre in Weardale, to open parts of the oroginal underground workings of Park Level Mine to visitors were frustrated when exploration of the mine revealed the seriously collapsed state of the workings. This disappointment has now been turned to advantage by the building of a new, 'artificial', specially constructed mine on the site, planned to be geologically consistent with the original mine. The new mine was recently officially opened by Tony Blair MP. |
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