A HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND 



here given is only approximate. At the same 

 time these aggregate returns have been as 

 fairly apportioned as possible, and the results 

 are sufficiently accurate to secure the object 

 in view, viz. that of showing the most pro- 

 ductive areas in the different districts. 



Complete individual mining returns are not 

 obtainable prior to the year 1872, and there- 

 fore the output for 1871 is dealt with pro- 

 portionately, and added to the parish totals 

 of the subsequent nine years of the first de- 

 cade. 



TABLE No. VI 

 WHITEHAVEN DISTRICT 



MILLOM DISTRICT 



ESKDALE DISTRICT 



ALSTON DISTRICT 



A description of the more important mines 

 and mining operations in each parish area 

 will now be given, with a view of showing 

 the part these have played in the rise and 

 fall of haematite mining in the various dis- 

 tricts specified. 



WHITEHAVEN DISTRICT 

 ARLECDON PARISH. The largest produc- 

 ing mines here prior to the year 1880 were the 

 old Parkside, High House and Crossgill mines. 

 The first bedlike deposit of haematite worked at 

 Parkside was one of the best and richest de- 

 posits in the Whitehaven district. Mr. Kendall, 



in his description of this deposit, says : ' The 

 length of the deposit on a north and south line 

 is about 450 yards, and its breadth from east 

 to west is about 370 yards. Its area is about 

 34 acres as far as worked, being larger in 

 superficial extent than any other deposit in 

 the district. It has also yielded the largest 

 quantity of ore.' The Crossgill and the 

 High House mines, which are contiguous 

 royalties, have also worked portions of this 

 extensive deposit. The greatest output from 

 the Parkside mines since 1872, as shown by 

 the Board of Trade returns, was 144,880 

 tons raised during the year 1874, that from 



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