Blacksmiths Shop - Settlingstones Witherite Mine, Northumberland
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Description
Interior of blacksmiths shop, Settlingstones Mine, showing Dressing Plant buildings and dressed mineral in the foreground. Settlingstones Mine was opened in around 1690, originally a lead producing mine but in it's later years became one of the world's largest witherite producing mines. It finally closed in 1969 with the vertical seams of witherite having been mostly worked out. As with a lot of our archive photographs, sometimes we don't always know the full information so if you can offer any further information or fill in any gaps, please do! Date: Unknown Photo Number: 52047 -
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Beamish Museum -
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Further information
Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/36275059@N02/5036549942/
Resource type: Image
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