Global Information Lookup Global Information

Laxey Mine information


The Great Laxey Mine
The Washing Floor of the Great Laxey Mine
The Washing Floor of the Great Laxey Mine
Location
Great Laxey Mine is located in Isle of Man
Great Laxey Mine
Great Laxey Mine
Location in Isle of Man
LocationLaxey, Isle of Man
CountryIsle of Man, British Isles
Coordinates54°14′23.8″N 004°24′22.6″W / 54.239944°N 4.406278°W / 54.239944; -4.406278
Production
ProductsZinc, lead, silver, copper
History
Openedcirca 1782
Closed1929
Owner
CompanyThe Great Laxey Mining Company Limited
Websitehttp://www.manxmines.com/LAXEY%20MINE.htm

The Great Laxey Mine was a silver, lead ore and zinc mine located in Laxey, in the parish of Lonan, Isle of Man. The mine reached a depth in excess of 2,200 ft (670 m) and consisted primarily of three shafts: the Welsh Shaft, the Dumbell's Shaft and the Engine Shaft; each of these shafts was connected by a series of levels.[1]

  1. ^ Mona's Herald. Wednesday, 23 March 1904; Page: 7

and 27 Related for: Laxey Mine information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8679 seconds.)

Laxey Mine

Last Update:

The Great Laxey Mine was a silver, lead ore and zinc mine located in Laxey, in the parish of Lonan, Isle of Man. The mine reached a depth in excess of...

Word Count : 2601

Laxey

Last Update:

Laxey (Manx: Laksaa) is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Man. Its name derives from the Old Norse Laxa meaning 'Salmon River'. Its key distinguishing...

Word Count : 1621

Laxey Wheel

Last Update:

Both are entitled The Laxey Wheel. Snaefell Wheel Great Laxey Mine Railway Great Snaefell Mine Great Laxey Mine The Great Laxey Wheel at Manx National...

Word Count : 525

Snaefell Mine

Last Update:

The Great Snaefell Mine, also referred to as the East Snaefell Mine, was a zinc mine located high in the Laxey Valley on the slopes of Snaefell Mountain...

Word Count : 4250

Great Laxey Mine Railway

Last Update:

Great Laxey Mine Railway (Manx: Raad Yiarn Meain Mooar Laksaa) was originally constructed to serve the Isle of Man's Great Laxey Mine, a lead mine located...

Word Count : 1210

Galena

Last Update:

documented crystal of galena is composite cubo-octahedra from the Great Laxey Mine, Isle of Man, measuring 25 cm × 25 cm × 25 cm (10 in × 10 in × 10 in)...

Word Count : 1479

Isle of Man Transport

Last Update:

short-distance tourist railways: the Groudle Glen Railway, the Great Laxey Mine Railway, and The Orchid Line (a miniature railway within the Curraghs...

Word Count : 244

Ballajora Mine

Last Update:

output of hematite. Foxdale Mines Great Laxey Mine Great Laxey Mine Railway Great Snaefell Mine Laxey Wheel Snaefell Wheel Isle of Man Times, Saturday...

Word Count : 252

Rail transport in the Isle of Man

Last Update:

railway connecting a stone quarry to the incline railway. Garff A second Laxey Mine tramway, 3 ft (914 mm), horsedrawn, on the lower washing floor, constructed...

Word Count : 577

List of Isle of Man railway lines and locations

Last Update:

4058 (Laxey Station) SC43288447 for Snaefell Mountain Railway, Laxey Wheel, Great Laxey Mine Railway, and other attractions South Cape Halt 54°13′29″N 4°23′42″W...

Word Count : 510

Dhyrnane Mine

Last Update:

Maughold Head Mine Snaefell Wheel Laxey Wheel Great Laxey Mine Great Laxey Mine Railway Great Snaefell Mine "Chap 12 (pp480-485) Geology of the Isle of Man...

Word Count : 312

Transport in the Isle of Man

Last Update:

1 or 2 Groudle Glen Railway (2012) Limited Great Laxey Mine Railway Laxey 0.4 Single Steam 19 1 Laxey & Lonan Heritage Trust Orchid Line Curraghs Wildlife...

Word Count : 877

Cornish Hush Mine

Last Update:

locomotives 'Ant' and 'Bee' of the Great Laxey Mine. The locomotive was probably scrapped around 1904. The locomotive of the mine was built by Stephen Lewin of Poole...

Word Count : 1158

Maughold Head Mine

Last Update:

Company, the mine's operator going into liquidation in 1874. Snaefell Wheel Laxey Wheel Great Laxey Mine Great Laxey Mine Railway Great Snaefell Mine Foxdale...

Word Count : 201

List of British heritage and private railways

Last Update:

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway Tramway 3 ft (914 mm) 2.6km 1876 1939 1946 Great Laxey Mine Railway Heritage railway 19 in (483 mm) 0.4km 1870s 1929 2004 Groudle...

Word Count : 2651

List of tunnels by country

Last Update:

Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi tunnel Zoji-la Tunnel Sela Tunnel Great Laxey Mine Railway tunnel Carmel Tunnels Traffic Tunnels on road number 60 from Jerusalem...

Word Count : 1797

Foxdale Mines

Last Update:

of the mine shafts. Ballajora Mine Dhyrnane Mine Great Laxey Mine Great Laxey Mine Railway Great Snaefell Mine Laxey Wheel Maughold Head Mine Snaefell...

Word Count : 1311

Stephen Lewin

Last Update:

1 ft 10 in (559 mm) gauge Cornish Hush Mine, Howden Burn. 0-4-0 Ant and Bee, for the 20 in (508 mm) gauge Great Laxey Mine Railway, Isle of Man 0-4-0ST for...

Word Count : 1055

Snaefell Wheel

Last Update:

waterwheel in Laxey, Isle of Man. The wheel stands in the washing floors in Laxey Glen Gardens, approximately 700 metres south of the larger Laxey Wheel. The...

Word Count : 309

Ballycorus Leadmines

Last Update:

Irish ores and the smelter was put to work processing ore from the Great Laxey mine in the Isle of Man up until closure in 1913. The lead ore was processed...

Word Count : 1310

Tower of Refuge

Last Update:

the Commissioners of the Isle of Man Harbours (£75), the Foxdale and Laxey mines (£2 each), the Mona Packet Company (£5), John Quane (£5), the Tobin family...

Word Count : 1007

List of track gauges

Last Update:

Redruth tramway. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-56-X. "Le chemin de fer des Mines de la S.A. Minière et Métallurgique de Rodange (MMR)". Archived from the...

Word Count : 1262

Geology of the Isle of Man

Last Update:

mines operated until 1911 and mining in the island ceased when the Laxey Mine closed in 1919. Silver was produced at both the Foxdale and Laxey mines...

Word Count : 2094

Laxey Old Road Halt

Last Update:

because it was used as a tipping ground for the ore spoils of the Great Laxey Mines, giving the area the appearance of what looked like pyramids. These spoils...

Word Count : 260

All the Stations

Last Update:

Railway and Snaefell Mountain Railway on the second day, and then the Great Laxey Mine Railway and Groudle Glen Railway on the third day. They were unable to...

Word Count : 1498

Foxdale Railway

Last Update:

railway in the Isle of Man unless one counts the 19-inch gauge Great Laxey Mine Railway tunnel under the Manx Electric Railway) to the east of the station...

Word Count : 1410

March 1904

Last Update:

businessman David Watson Stevenson, 61, Scottish sculptor A fire at the Laxey Mine in Laxey, Isle of Man, did not result in any casualties. In Buffalo, New York...

Word Count : 16047

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net