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    License for Fremington Edge Chert Quarry
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    License for Fremington Edge Chert Quarry 1927
    Page 1
    Hungry Hush Chert Quarry form
    Arkengarthdale
    Chert mine men
    Chert mine workers
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert Mines
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert Mine workers
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert mine
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert mine
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert mine workers
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert mine entrance
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert mine equipment
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert mine entrance
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert mining
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert mine equipment
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert mine
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert mine
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert miners
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Trimming a chert block
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Chert miners
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Looking down the incline from the chert mine
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Loading a chert block onto a wagon
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Loading chert blocks onto a wagon
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Hand drilling in chert mine
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Hand drilling in chert mine
    Hungry Hushes Arkengarthdale
    Punchard Gill
    Punchard Gill Coal mine ruins
    Punchard Gill Coal Mine
    office ruins
    Punchard Gill
    Lime kilns up Punchard Gill
    Lime kilns up Punchard Gill
    Walking up Punchard Gill
    Grinton Smelt Mill
    Looking down the flue
    Grinton Smelt Mill
    Looking up the flue
    Grinton Smelt Mill
    Grinton Smelt Mill
    Flue exit from mill
    Grinton Smelt Mill
    Grinton Smelt Mill & Flue
    Grinton Smelt Mill
    Grinton Smelt Mill
    Chert information
    CB mine plan
    New smelt mill built 1821
    CB Yard, Arkengarthdale
    CB new smelt mill ruins
    Octogon Mill ruins in 1966
    Arkengarthdale
    Octogon Mill ruins in 1966
    Eskeleth chapel in background
    Surrender smelt mill ruins
    Built 1839 to replace two very old mills
    Faggergill spoil heaps
    Faggergill mine entrance
    Faggergill spoil heaps in the distance
    Waterwheel ruins near Washy Green Level
    Sleigill
    Sleigill hush
    Arkengarthdale
    Powder House built around 1804
    Stored dynamite for the lead mines
    Powder house
    Where they kept the dynamite - it had to be away from other buildings
    Surrender smelt mill ruins
    Surrender smelt mill flue
    Surrender smelt mill peat store ruins
    Surrender smelt mill peat store ruins
    Surrender smelt mill peat store ruins
    Sir Francis dressing floor & bouse teams
    Gunnerside Gill
    Sir Francis mine building ruins
    Gunnerside Gill
    Sir Francis mine entrance
    Gunnerside Gill
    Gunnerside Gill
    Looking down from Sir George level - note the bouse teams near the beck
    Bunton Level, Gunnerside Gill
    Ruins of waterwheel base in foreground
    Bunton Level, Gunnerside Gill
    Entrance to Bunton Level
    Gunnerside Gill
    Blakethwaite Smelt Mill Peat Store ruins
    Gunnerside Gill
    Blakethwaite Smelt Mill ruins built 1820
    Gunnerside Gill
    Blakethwaite Smelt Mill & Peat Store ruins built 1820
    Gunnerside Gill
    Blakethwaite Smelt Mill ruins built 1820
    Gunnerside Gill
    Blakethwaite Smelt Mill ruins built 1820
    Gunnerside Gill
    Blakethwaite Smelt Mill ruins built 1820
    Gunnerside Gill
    Blakethwaite Smelt Mill ruins built 1820
    Gunnerside Gill
    Bunton Mine Bouse Teams
    Gunnerside Gill
    Blakethwaite Smelt Mill Peat Store ruins
    Gunnerside Gill
    Blakethwaite Smelt Mill ruins built 1820
    Gunnerside Gill
    Barras End Low Level entrance
    Surrender Mines
    Chimney of Marrick High Mill
    A smelt mill was here in 1592. The chimney was extended on two occasions
    Double flue system from Marrick Low Mill to High Mill
    Marrick High Smelt Mill
    Viewed from the Plantation
    Marrick Low Mill
    Marrick High Smelt Mill
    Ore hearth arches
    Old gang smelt mill ruins
    Dating from 1770 (replaced Philip Wharton's mills dated 1670)
    Old gang smelt mill ruins
    Viewed from flue
    Old Gang Chimney
    Old gang smelt mill flue exit
    Old Gang Ore hearth ruin
    there were 4 ore hearths but the stone was taken to build Muker Methodist Chapel
    Old Gang Peat Store Ruins
    The store could hold a full year's supply to fuel the 4 ore hearths
    Old Gang Peat Store
    The building would be thatched and open at the sides so the peat would dry
    Spence Level
    Old gang mines
    CB Yard with flue system heading up on to the moor
    taken from Stang road
    Moulds level
    Arkengarthdale
    Killhope mine waterwheel
    Cowshill, County Durham
    Killhope mine waterwheel
    Cowshill, County Durham
    Killhope mine waterwheel
    Killhope mine
    Faggergill miners circa 1910
    Old Gang ruins
    Swinnergill smelt mill ruins
    Lead mining tools
    shaft entrance
    Hungry Hush Chert Quarry
    Weighing lead at Richmond Station
    Surrender mines near Water Splash
    Hungry Hushes looking across Arkengarthdale
    Flue remains from Arkengarthdale Mill
    Bunton hush and level entrance below
    Gunnerside Gill
    Bell pits running across the moor
    Mine workings Arkengarthdale
    Bell pit (shaft workings) Arkengarthdale
    Bell pit
    Moulds level, Arkengarthdale
    Moulds level, Arkengarthdale
    Bunton Level, Gunnerside Gill
    entrance to flue section
    Hard level, Old Gang
    Low Plate level, below Beldi Hill mine near Keld
    Remains of flue
    Brandy Bottle Incline, Old Gang
    Sump in workings
    Shaft
    Level entrance
    Sir Francis Pumping Chamber
    Flooded workings
    Sir Francis mine, Gunnerside Gill
    Sir Francis mine, Gunnerside Gill
    Sir Francis mine, Gunnerside Gill
    winding cage
    Sir Francis mine, Gunnerside Gill
    Air receiver chamber
    Pryce Mine bouse teams
    near Hurst
    Bunton Mine Bouse Teams
    Bunton Mine Bouse Teams remains
    Miner working a hotching tub circa 1910
    Faggergill mine, Arkengarthdale
    Sir Francis mine, Gunnerside Gill
    Punchard Gill Coal mine office
    Old Gang Peat Store Ruins
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    Old Gang mine building with peat store ruins above
    Old Gang Peat Store Ruins
    with the spoil heap from Victoria level in the background
    Old Gang Peat Store Ruins
    Cast iron sumpter pot from Marrick Smelt Mill
    the lead drained from the ore hearths into this and then was ladled into the cast iron pig moulds
    Flue system from Surrender smelt mill from condenser building
    Flue ruins from Surrender Mine leading up to ruins of condenser building
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    Flue exit from Grinton Smelt Mill
    Condenser ruins, Surrender Smelt Mill flue system
    New Mill, Arkengarthdale built 1824
    replaced the older Octagon mill built 1803
    Old gang smelt mill ruins
    Old Gang
    Possibly dynamite store as located away from other buildings
    Old Gang Mines
    Spoil heap reworking site to recover other minerals discarded in lead mining times e.g. barites, fluorspar
    Surrender smelt mill ruins
    Old gang smelt mill ruins
    Grinton smelt mill & flue system
    Arkengarthdale New Mill ruins and flue exit
    Bunton Level, Gunnerside Gill
    Lowanthwaite mine and building behind
    Booze Wood Waterwheel at dressing floor
    Ore hearths CB Smelt mill (new mill)
    Old gang smelt mill ruins
    Flue remains from Arkengarthdale new Mill
    Powder House built around 1804
    Arkengarthdale
    Octogon mill built 1803
    Octogon mill built 1803
    Octogon mill built 1803
    Octogon mill built 1803
    Octogon Mill Interior
    Octogon Mill ruins
    Octogon Mill Interior
    Octogon Mill Roof
    Octogon mill built 1803

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