Gudhamgill
Mine follows the Gudhamgill Moss Vein and this is where it was worked. There
are three levels which access the mine workings, the Horse Level via the
Brownley Hill Low Level (Bloomsberry) portal, the Gudhamgill Level (also known
as the Gudhamgill Burn Top Level or Gudhamgill Shop Level) and the Firestone
Level. The mine has connections to Scraithole Mine and the Dod Level, but these
are not accessable now.
The earliest records indicate that the vein was
worked by a series of shafts along the valley. In the early 18th century the
London Lead Company started to drive the Gudhamgill Level. At the beginning of
the 19th century the LLC drove the Gudhamgill Horse Level as a crosscut from
the Brownley Hill Low Level, this was carried out in an attempt to reach the
Great Limestone. The Gudhamgill Horse Level connected with the Gudhamgill Level
via a borehole, known as the Borehole Sump on plans. The LLC continued to
develop the mine sinking a sump into the Three Yard Limestone where only small
quantities of ore where found. Eventually the lease was sold to other companies
and in the end ended up belonging to the Vielle Montagne Zinc Company, which
worked the mine until the 1930's.
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Gudhamgill
Horse Level and Stopes
Our first trip to the horse level, looking at
the stopes above.
(Jim, Karli, Mark and Mike), 25th March
2006. |
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Gudhamgill
Surface Explore
Having got excited about the last trip, we followed
the surface remains along the Gudhamgill Moss Vein.
(Aubrey, Karli, and
Mike), 26th March 2006. |
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Gudhamgill
Level Explore
A first exploration of this level, windy, cold and
ochrish.
(Mike and Pete), 29th September 2006. |
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Gudhamgill
Horse Level, Stope Survey
A return visit after a long time to the
stopes for a survey to see how far they actually go.
(Mike, Pete and
Dog Pete), 14th March 2009. |
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Gudhamgill
Vein Surface Shafts
A day of surface shaft dropping along the
Gudhamgill Vein.
(Karli, Mike, Pete and Dog Pete), 15th March
2009. |
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Gudhamgill
Level Shaft Bottom Clearance
An attempt to improve the ventilation
in the level.
(Karli, Mike and Pete), 25th February
2011. |
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Gudhamgill
Horse Level Stope Rises
An attempt to climb up into the rises that
are in the stopes above the horse level.
(Karli, Mike, Pete, Student
Pete, Sal and Simon), 5th May 2013. |
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Gudhamgill
Level Stope
After looking at previous photographs, it was time to
come back.
(Karli and Mike), 5th February 2022. |
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Gudhamgill
High Level Beyond the Orche
After hearing that the water had been
lowered we though we would have a look.
(Karli, Mike and Pete), 8th May
2022. |
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