Malehurst Barytes Co. Ltd

The company that made Huglith the largest barytes mine in Shropshire, investing in the workings, raising output above 20,000 tons a year by 1936 and sending the ore to its mill at Malehurst, near Minsterley, by aerial ropeway from 1925.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Huglith Mine Shropshire ?–1945

Record created: 18 September 2026 · Last researched: 18 September 2026

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