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Primrose (Dark Hole Mine, Torhills Cave) Lead Mine (United Kingdom)


Lies on Bacon Rake and worked to the west on two levels connected by a stope and a small rise. Fire-set workings in the upper level. References found as far back as the 17th Century. Survey in Mining History vol 16 no 3 p 12.

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 53.1252636733619
Longitude: -1.56059952893228
Landranger grid reference: SK294588
Easting: 429400
Northing: 358800

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