Where exactly was the mine located in Buckshaft and when did it close?

I own property in Forest View, Buckshaft..

Hi,
The following is culled from the British History Online website. The link to the full document is given below.
"Economic depression and competition from Spanish imports reduced ore production ...... Mines elsewhere, ..... were also abandoned, and the closure of the Cinderford ironworks led to the abandonment of Buckshaft and other ore mines near the town in 1899."

It was obtained from this http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23267 .

Hope this helps.

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Buckshaft Shaft [old spelling Buckshraft] NGR SO 656 123 Opened 1835, closed 1899 440 yards SSW of Abbotswood A 630 feet Level No 1 at a depth of 335 feet runs northwards for 9200 feet and was connected by cross cuts to St Annal's Shaft qv in 1855. No 2 Level at a depth 470 feet [=A 160 feet] was driven northwards from Shakemantle Land Shaft qv for 12,950 feet. It was connected to St Annal's Shaft in 1876. The total depth to No 3 Level is 620 feet [or A 10 feet]. Level No 3 also connects with the Shakemantle Mines qv. Flooded to just above No 1 Level it has been explored in low water as far as the Shakemantle Mines. It is now used as a water supply. See survey page 19.
References: Descent (116) 15; Phelps 1984 p 32
RFoDCC N/L 111 pp 10-11; Sibley pp 33-34 section; Trotter p 67 - 68

You need to contact Dave Tuffley for more details. He lives in the next street to you.

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