Jack and Stan Eidson

Brothers who quarried Moss Rake for calcite after lead working had ended; Stan lived on site in a large Nissen hut until a stone-fall injury around 1968 led him to sell his share to Jack, and the site closed after Jack's death in the early 1970s.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Moss Rake Derbyshire ?–1972

Record created: 29 August 2026 · Last researched: 29 August 2026

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