Kingdom.]
Class 1.—MINING AND MINERAL PRODUCTS.South Side—Areas S. 1 to S. 27.
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General
No. of
Ft.
No.
Series.
—
374, 5, 6
15
Striped EaJce, KirJc Ilallam.— Yield peracre 2,500 tons.
Clod Coal .
5
377
16
Green Close EaJce , Morley Parle. —Yieldper acre 1,000 tons.
Balls.
Bottom Measure.
Coal .
3
378
17
Holly Close mice, Morley Park.— Yieldper acre 1,200 tons.
Balls.
Measure.
379
380
381-383
384
18
Blade, or Ketlcmd’s EaJce, Morley ParJc.—Yield per acre 3,000 tons.
Three Measures.
Balls.
385a3852>
19
Bacon Flitch EaJce, Alfreton.
386
20
Tew Tree Bake, Morley Park.— Yield peracre 1,000 tons.
Coal .
Kilburne Coal
1
5
387 394
21
Honeycroft EaJce, Stanton. — Yield peracre 6,000 tons.
Chitters; Tufty Balls; Barren Beet;Grindstone Measure; Grinder’sWife; Big Balls; Bottom Flats;Brick Measure.
395-399
22
Civilly Bake, Stanton.— Yield per acre4,000 tons.
Rachell Measure; Chance Balls;Bottom Measure; Chitters; CoalMeasure.
Furnace Coal ....
2
400-404
23
Dale Moor EaJce, Stanton. —Yield per acre3,000 tons.
Clunch Balls; Roof Measure Balls;Roof Measure; Over Bottom;Bottom Balls.
Id.
6
0
6
0
3
.Annual production of iron about 60,000 tons. Averagethickness of coal measures, from magnesian limestoneto Kilburne, or lowest worked coal, 600 yards. Manyof the beds of ironstone lie in such a thickness of measureas only to be workable to advantage by open work orbell-pits. "Where these means of working can be adopted,the produce per acre is oftentimes very large : in theHoneycroft Hake it is 6,000 tons per acre; in the BlackShale 8,000 tons.
General
No. of
Blast
No.
Series.
—
Furnaces
Principal Works :—
In
Out
Walker.
2
Tyne.
2
Wylam.
Hareshaw.
1
3
Redesdale.
3
- Birtley.
1
2
Witton Park .....
3
].
Taw Law.
2
3
Consett and Crookhead . .
7
Stanhope ......
1
38 Furnaces ....
19
19
405
l
R7/ , n ,, 7 Strata.
Blackband, Hadley, Northumberland .
Ft.
In.
406, 407
2
BUckbamd, Haydon Bridge.— I'M, bed pro
?° CU ? les the P°sMon of one of thebeds of coal underneath thn <_ r •
stone, and fonnsmttfaULtoct
of the maimer m which thin beds of
sr To? into beds ° f bi “1
“thieknesr r “ SeS ’ Pr ° tebly ’ «“ee
408-410
3
Hailstone, Haltwhistle, Northumberland.
411,412
4
Hailstone , Nent Head, Cumberland.
these measures (Nos. 3 and 4 ^ lie in n™Plate bed over the Great Limestone, andm about 6 yards of ground : they havebeen worked extensively on some parts
oi tne out-crop. Average yield 30 to 35per cent.
General
No. of
No.
Series.
—
Ft.
In.
413
5
Brown Haematite , Kilhove Fell, near Nent.
Head. —This bed corresponds with theFell Top Limestone bed of this district;which in this locality is converted into abed of Brown Haimatite, probably owingto its being intersected by a considerablenumber of small veins carrying iron“ riders.” It is from 3 to 7 feet thick,and of good quality.
414, 415
6
Brown Haematite, Nent Head. —This bed
corresponds with the little limestone bedof this district. It is about 7 feet thick,
quality very variable.
416, 417
7
Brown Haematite, Silly Hole Vein, Alston.
418
8
Brown Hematite, Manor House Vein, Alston.
419
9
Brown Haimatite, Nest Vein, Alston.
420
10
Brown Haematite, Stanhope, Durham.Brown Haematite, St. John’s Chapel, near
421
11
Stanhope.
422
12
423
13
Annual production of iron about 90,000 tons. Theiron-works of this district are gradually increasing inimportance, the cost of fuel being so low as to permitores to be brought from many different localities. Theblack bands of Scotland and. of Haydon Bridge, thebrown hsematites and white carbonates of Alston andWeardale, and the argillaceous ironstones of the lias ofWhitby and Middlesborough, are all used for the supplyof the iron-works of this district.
The hrown haematites deserve especial attention. Theyare found associated in very large masses with the leadveins of this district, and occasionally they occur as dis-tinct and regular beds. They contain from 20 to 40 percent, of iron. Sometimes they exist as “ riders ” to thevein, sometimes they form its entire mass, and, in this case,they occasionally attain a thickness of 20, 30, and even50 yards. Their employment for iron-making purposesis only recent; but the supply of ore which they can fur-nish is almost unlimited ; and when some better means ofseparating the zinc and lead associated with them shallhave been discovered, they will, doubtless, be found tobe of great importance. Remarkable changes sometimesoccur in the character of the metalliferous veins of thisdistrict; the same vein which at one point bears prin-cipally lead ore, changing to a calamine vein, and thenagain to brown haematite.
General
No. of
No.
Series.
—
Furnaces
Principal Works :—
Cleator Iron Company .
3 Furnaces.
In
3
Out
0
424-429
430
431
432
1-6
7
8
9
f Hcematite, Cleator Iron Ore Co., near\ Whitehaven.
{Haematite, Harrison, Ainslie, & Co., Ulver-j stone.— Clay ore lying close to surface.
Ft.
In.
The production of iron in this district is very limited,being confined to the Cleator Works, and one or twosmall charcoal works in the Ulverstone district. Thequality of the latter, charcoal being used for fuel, is verysuperior, and the produce commands the highest prices,as it combines, with the fluidity of cast-iron, a certainmalleability, especially after careful annealing. The ironof the Cleator Works is smelted with coal, and though,in consequence, not equal to the other, is yet of superiorquality. The ore, both of the Whitehaven and the Ulver-stone and Furness districts, is raised most extensivelyfor shipment to the iron works of Yorkshire, Staffordshire ,and North and South Wales. In quality, these ores maybe considered as the finest in this kingdom, and thesupplies which these districts are calculated to produceare very great. The large percentage of iron which theycontain, from 60 to 65 per cent., and their superior quality,also enable them to bear the cost of transport, and they
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