Rampgill
Horse Level was started by the Greenwich Hospital in 1736 following the
Scaleburn Moss Vein until it reached Fairhill Vein, this then followed into
Rampgill Vein. Rampgill Vein may have been worked as early as 1690. There are
references to other veins being worked from much earlier on which join into
Rampgill Mine. In 1745 the lease was sold to the London Lead Company who
developed the mine at an impressive rate and found the Rampgill Vein and others
to be incredibly rich in ore. Altogether Rampgill with all its veins yielded
140,000 tons of lead ore between 1703 and 1886.
By the end of the 19th
century most of Rampgill Vein above the water table had been worked out.
Between 1899 and 1921 the Vieille Montagne Zinc Company reworked some of the
veins in Rampgill Mine and Coalcleugh Mine for zinc ore, with the Rampgill
Horse Level being used for access to Coalcleugh Mine. The Rampgill Horse Level
was also used as a haulage way via the Hanginshaw Branch Level for the eastern
workings of the Middlecleugh and Longcleugh Veins in Smallcleugh
Mine.
One of major veins in Rampgill Mine, Scaleburn Vein is generally
referred to as being part of Rampgill Mine, it is however a sperate mine in its
own right and it only used the Rampgill portal as its access
point.
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Horse Gin
Wheel
Trip to see the Horse Gin in Rampgill.
(Charlie, Karl,
Mike, Pete), January 2004. |
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The Horse
Gin
A revisit to the Low Borehole Sump, resting place of the
Scaleburn Horse Gin.
(Ian and Mike), 9th January 2011.
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Rampgill
Level to bottom of Proud's Sump
(Eleanor, Karli, Mark), 30th
December 2004. |
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Hangingshaw
Branch Level - Proud's Sump Workings
Close inspection and
photography of the workings below Proud's Sump and above Hangingshaw Branch
Level.
(Karli, Mike and Sal), 11th February 2012. |
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Scaleburn
and Brownley Hill Link
More exploration on the Scaleburn Vein and
Top Sills.
(Charlie, Karli, Mark, Mike), 26th February
2005. |
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Rampgill Sun Vein
Photograph Potter - Part 1
Taking a closer look at the Rampgill Sun
Vein and Workings.
(Karli and Mike), 6th January 2013.
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Hangingshaw
Branch Level via Proud's Sump
Is the way to the bottom of the
Hydraulic Shaft open?
(Karli and Mike), 24th March
2006. |
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Rampgill Sun Vein
Photograph Potter - Part 2
Continuing the closer look at the
Rampgill Sun Vein and Workings.
(Karli and Mike), 3rd February
2013. |
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Rampgill
and Hardshins Veins
At last, a long overdue visit down Rampgill.
(Karli, Mike and Peter), 17th July 2006. |
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Rampgill Survey: Rampgill
Shaft to East End and Hardshin's
Surveying from Rampgill Shaft to
the final falls on the Rampgill and Hardshin Veins.
(Karli and Mike),
5th April 2013. |
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Along
the Rampgill Vein to the Final Fall
Trip to see the final fall on
the Rampgill Vein and some of the stopes above.
(Mike and Peter), 22nd
June 2008. |
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Rampgill
Sun Vein Stope
Maypole climb up into the Sun Vein
(Karli,
Mike, Pete and Sal), 6th April 2013. |
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Rampgill
Vein and one of the Boundary Stopes
A tour of Rampgill mine for some
of Peter's friends from Sub Brit.
(Bob, Gavin, Mike, Richard, Peter and
Steve), 10th August 2008. |
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Hangingshaw
Level, Middlecleugh 2nd Sun Vein Stope - East End
Finally, a visit
to the isolated stope above Hangingshaw Level on the East End of Middlecleugh
2nd Sun Vein.
(Karli, Mike and Pete), 6th July 2013.
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Boundary Cross Vein - Southern Flats
Exploration of the Southern
Boundary Flats and some other Rises from the Horse Level.
(Karli, Mike
and Pete), 28th November 2009. |
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Hopper
29
An attempt to climb up one of the few open hoppers on the
Rampgill Vein past the Hardshins junction.
(Karli, Mike, Pete and Sal),
30th November 2013. |
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Boundary Cross Vein - Northern Flats and the North
String
Exploration of the Northern area of the Boundary Cross Vein.
(Karli, Mike and Pete), 30th January 2010. |
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Hopper 29
- Revisited
A return visit to this large hopper to look at the
sublevels from it. There are still things to find in Rampgill !
(Karli,
Mike, Pete and Sal), 8th November 2014 |
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Hangingshaw
Branch Level - Workings above the Horse Level
Exploration of the
climbable rises, which give access to stopes and flats.
(Karli, Mike
and Pete), 26th March 2010. |
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Cross
Vein Bolting for the Mini Sun Vein Round Trip
A Sunday potter trip
to put in to ring bolts for a pull through.
(Karli and Mike), 4th
December 2016. |
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Rampgill
Vein Potter
A potter with photos to the end of Rampgill
Vein.
(Karli and Mike), 4th December 2021. |
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Scaleburn Mine,
Explore Past the Digs and to the Final Fall
Never having been to the
end, it was time to have a look.
(Mike and Pete), 12th November
2022. |
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Rampgill and Scaleburn
Loop via the Dug Out Crosscut
A loop via Rampgill and out via
Scaleburn, thanks to the newly dug out crosscut.
(Hannah and Mike), 23rd
October 2023. |
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