The Maughold Head Mine
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copper
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mine
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Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
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*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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located in the parish of
Maughold
Maughold (also known as Macaille, Maccaldus, Machalus, Machaoi, Machella, Maghor, Mawgan, Maccul, Macc Cuill; died c. 488 AD) is venerated as the patron saint of the Isle of Man. Tradition states that he was an Irish prince and captain of a ban ...
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History
Mining was a thriving industry on the
Isle of Man
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up until the early part of the 20th century. The
sett of the Maughold Mine comprised 95
acre
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s and consisted of three
lodes with strong branches or ''feeders'' between them.
Of these
lodes the No.1 or ''Eastern'' lode was between and whilst the No.2 or ''Western'' lode was . The
lodes ran in the same direction as the
Great Laxey lodes and adjoined that of the
Dhyrnane Mine
The Dhyrnane Mine was a hematite and iron ore mine located in the parish of Maughold, Isle of Man.''Manx Sun.'' Saturday, March 29, 1873; Page: 16
History
Mining on the Isle of Man can trace its origins as far back as the 13th century. Records ...
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The mines however produced a poor yield which resulted in the
Maughold Head Mining Company, the mine's operator going into liquidation in 1874.
See also
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Snaefell Wheel
The Snaefell Wheel (also known as Lady Evelyn) is a waterwheel in Laxey, Isle of Man. The wheel stands in the washing floors in Laxey Glen Gardens, approximately 700 metres south of the larger Laxey Wheel.
The wheel was unveiled with the name ...
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Laxey Wheel
The Laxey Wheel (also known as Lady Isabella) is built into the hillside above the village of Laxey in the Isle of Man. It is the largest surviving original working waterwheel in the world. Designed by Robert Casement, the wheel has a diameter ...
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Great Laxey Mine
The Great Laxey Mine was a silver, lead ore and zinc mine located in Laxey, in the parish of Lonan, Isle of Man. The mine reached a depth in excess of and consisted primarily of three shafts: the Welsh Shaft, the 's Shaft and the Engine Shaft; ...
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Great Laxey Mine Railway
The Great Laxey Mine Railway ( Manx: ''Raad Yiarn Meain Mooar Laksaa'') was originally constructed to serve the Isle of Man's Great Laxey Mine, a lead mine located in Laxey. The gauge railway runs from the old mine entrance to the washing floo ...
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Great Snaefell Mine
The Great Snaefell Mine, also referred to as the East Snaefell Mine, was a zinc mine located high in the Laxey Valley on the slopes of Snaefell Mountain, in the parish of Lonan, Isle of Man. The mine reached a depth of and is remembered as ...
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Foxdale Mines
The Foxdale Mines is a collective term for a series of mines and shafts which were situated in a highly mineralised zone on the Isle of Man, running east to west, from Elerslie mine in Crosby to Niarbyl on the coast near Dalby.''Isle of Man Tim ...
References
Sources
Bibliography
* The Forgotten Iron Mines of Kirk Maughold, Isle of Man - D.B. Hollis, 1988. Published by The Northern Mine Research Society (1988).
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Underground mines in the Isle of Man
1866 establishments in the Isle of Man