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E.M. Wass

Edward M. Wass reopened Millclose Mine in Derbyshire in 1859, deepening its shafts and installing a Cornish pumping engine to reach a new ore-rich area of the pipe vein, giving the mine several more productive decades before catastrophic flooding finally closed it in 1940.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Millclose Mine Derbyshire 1859–1940
Via Gellia Lead Mines Derbyshire 1860–1886

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