More information : Between mid September and late November 2000, English Heritage carried out an analytical field investigation of the surface remains of Greenburn Mine; the survey was requested and partly funded by the landowners, the National Trust (Event record 1335820) (1). The best-preserved building, which comprises an accommodation block, office and workshop (NY 20 SE 9) serves as a parent record for the other components of the complex.
A level which exploited Gossan Vein copper lode, begun a few weeks before December 1865 and abandoned in about February 1866. It was possibly re-worked briefly at some later date. The level is open below ground, but the mouth is partially blocked. A blast shelter lies to one side of the cutting.
For further information, see the report at Level 3 standard available through the NMR archive, which includes reproductions of 19th-century documents, extracts from the survey at 1:500 scale, photographs and interpretative drawings. (1)
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