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• Introduction
• Early mining: a brief history
• Lead production in the 18th and 19th Centuries
• Mining Methods - Bell Pits and Hushes
• Mining Methods - Levels, Stopes, Deads and Spoil
• Mining Methods - Shafts
• Processing Ore - The Dressing Floor
• Processing Ore - The Smelt Mill
• Mining Landscape
• Where Miners lived
• A life of exremely hard work
• Time for Fun and Games
• The end of an era
• Grinton Smelt Mill - A Case Study
• Grinton Smelt Mill - Diagrams
• Grinton Smelt Mill - Come and See
• Suggested Activities
• Resources to Download
• Further sources of information
• National Curriculum Objectives
• Generic Learning Outcomes

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Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales

Suggested Activities

Activity 1 - History Detectives

This involves looking at objects and describing what can be seen and deduced about them, their age and their use. This is followed by use of census materials to identify the owner of the artefacts.

 

Activity 2 Child Labour (starter ideas)

Considering the effects of child labour in Victorian times.

 

Activity 3 Limestone Weathering and Mineralisation (experiments)