Waihi Investment and Development Company

Waihi Investment and Development Ltd reopened Magpie Mine in Derbyshire after the Second World War, using submersible electric pumps in an attempt to overcome the flooded workings, but failed to raise lead in commercial quantities before the mine's final closure in the 1950s.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Magpie Mine Derbyshire ?–1958

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