Overview
Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales
Themes: Past occupations, Rural life of the past, Mining
Resource created by: Dales Countryside Museum
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- Introduction
- A brief history: Early mining
- The 18th and 19th Centuries
- Mining Methods - Bell Pits & Hushes
- Mining Methods - Levels
- Mining Methods - Shafts
- Processing Ore - The Dressing Floor
- Processing Ore - The Smelt Mill
- Mining Landscape
- A Miner´s Life
- A Life of 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










