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Whitehaven Iron Mines Ltd

Company floated by Faithful Cookson around 1870 to work haematite leases in Eskdale and Ennerdale; it built the original Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway and was in liquidation by 1877.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Nab Gill Mine Cumbria 1870–1877

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

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