Marston area mines (Late 19th & Early 20th Centuries) |
My apologies for any slight waywardness in the matching up of images: I only have an A4 scanner so couldn't do it 'all-of-a- piece'! However I hope you get the general idea. The black squares are supporting pillars. |
The mines named are, from top to bottom, left to right:- 1 Marston Hall (rocksalt) 2 Pool 3 Old Bank 4 Adelaide 5 Top Mine 6 Helen 7 Alexandra 8 Old Bank 9 New Zealand 10 Crystal 11* Thompson's; Alliance New; Alliance Old 12 Brookdale or Milner's 13 Blackburn's New 14 Albert new 15 Nelson 16 Blackburn's Old 17 Albert Old 18 Ashton, Blackburn & Corbett 19 Coronation 20* Richardson's Top Mine, & Calvert's 21 Newmann & Ellson (filled in 1833) 22 Ellson or Gibson's 23 Littler's 24 Chantler's Old Mine (top & bottom mine) 25 'Top Lane' 26 Townshend's 'A' 27 Steenstrand's 28 R Dicman's 29 Furey & Co. or Broady & Hadfield 30* Saxon & Millar's; Townshend's 'C' 31* Townshend's 'D' Townshend's 'E' 32 Wincham Mine (Ashton, Blackburne & Corbett) 33* Williamson's; Heath Lane 34 No.87, WP ?4 ?E TA & No.3 & No.15 35 British Salt Co. Mine 36 Platt's Hill Mine 37 Kent & Naylor's 38 Marshall's No. 2 Pit 39 A Tompkinson's 40 Marshall's brine shaft 41 Cheshire Amalgamated, Dunkirk shaft. 42 Worthington 43 Ashton's 44 Winfen Jervis or Cliff & Broady or Barton's Old Mine 45 Barton's 46 Nicholas Ashton's 47 See: 44 48 Witton Hall mine 49 Marshall's No.1 pit 50 Worthington's mine, (late) Wakefield's mine. |
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