ANCILLARY BUILDINGS

Mine Buildings, Hard Level dressing floor, Old Gang Mine, Swaledale

Associated with the mines and usually located on the dressing floors are buildings, which housed all the ancillary activities needed to keep a mine working. These included blacksmiths shops, offices, stores, stables, and explosive stores.

Mine Buildings, Hard Level dressing floor, Old Gang Mine, Swaledale

Blacksmiths shop, Cononley Mine, Airedale

20th century explosive store, Cononley mine, Airedale

AD Lead Mining Company Offices, Sir Francis Level, Swaledale.

Mine Agents house and other mine buildings Yarnbury Mine, Grassington, Wharfedale.

Engine House Cononley Lead Mine, Airedale.

This housed a rotative beam engine which provided power for winding, crushing, and pumping.

Counting House, Yarnbury Mine, Grassington, Wharfedale.


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