Mine info at Brassington
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Boy Engineer
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Is it Sideways Mine?
Boy Engineer
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Sorry couldn’t resist. On the Carsington Barmaster’s sheet there’s a note saying “Providence to Rainster Rocks”. I’m not sure I’ve got the sheet to the west though.
History Trog
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I am in the same situation as Boy Engineer in having the barmaster’s 25 inch map that marks a vein as “Providence to Rainster Rocks” (as attached) but not the map to the west that would show the site of the mine.
This is the only record that I know of for a mine at Rainstor. It was given away on 6 March 1867 to John Bembridge of Longcliff Wharf, labourer and miner, as “an old worked vein in Rainstor rocks and Mr. Jno. Watson’s large pasture field”. The founder was at “an old sunk coe-stead in Rainstor-rocks”. 2 meers W and 10½ meers E
Its earlier name was not known and it was at this time given the name Providence (the commonest of all mine names). It was freed about 4 months later.
This is the only record that I know of for a mine at Rainstor. It was given away on 6 March 1867 to John Bembridge of Longcliff Wharf, labourer and miner, as “an old worked vein in Rainstor rocks and Mr. Jno. Watson’s large pasture field”. The founder was at “an old sunk coe-stead in Rainstor-rocks”. 2 meers W and 10½ meers E
Its earlier name was not known and it was at this time given the name Providence (the commonest of all mine names). It was freed about 4 months later.
Stoney Boy
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Thank you Mr Trog.
I've contacted Nick Butcher who was able to confirm the area behind was indeed opencasted in the 70"s and also noted the adit entrance not far from the shaft I noted.
I've contacted Nick Butcher who was able to confirm the area behind was indeed opencasted in the 70"s and also noted the adit entrance not far from the shaft I noted.
That’s interesting, I’ve walked around that side of Brassington a few times and there are quite a few odd features that don’t show up on the usual maps. From the photo it does look more like an old trial working or a small exploratory shaft rather than anything connected to a mapped vein. A lot of those early digs never made it into the later surveys.
The ground around Rainster has definitely been worked in patches, so it wouldn’t surprise me if this was just a short abandoned attempt at finding something that didn’t come to much. Maybe someone local will know the exact history, but it wouldn’t be the first unrecorded hole in that area.
The ground around Rainster has definitely been worked in patches, so it wouldn’t surprise me if this was just a short abandoned attempt at finding something that didn’t come to much. Maybe someone local will know the exact history, but it wouldn’t be the first unrecorded hole in that area.
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