MineArchiveMines in Derbyshire
Derbyshire's Peak District has been mined for lead since Roman times, its veins worked by generations of small, independent miners operating under an ancient system of Barmote Courts, which still meet today to regulate mineral rights — as recently as 2013, Wirksworth's Great Barmote Court was called on to rule on a real dispute over who had rights to a seam of lead near Castleton. Rivalry between neighbouring mines could turn deadly: in 1833, three miners from the neighbouring Maypitt mine died after Magpie Mine's workers lit a fire underground to drive them out during a dispute over the Great Redsoil vein, a case that ended in acquittal despite the deaths.
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| Mine | Worked | Commodities |
|---|---|---|
| Alfreton Colliery | 1886–February 1968 | Coal |
| Alport Mines | 17th century–mid-1800s (mining) | Lead |
| Alport Smelt Mill | From 1845–1874 (closure) | Lead |
| Arbourseats Veins and Nay Green Mine | Possibly 1630–1830s-1850s | Lead |
| Arkwright Colliery | 1938–April 1988 | Coal |
| Avenue Colliery | from 1881 (Old Avenue 1857) | Coal |
| B Winning Colliery | 1873–1874 (sinking)–November 1964 | Coal |
| Bage Mine | working by 1752–1907 | Lead |
| Ballidon Quarry | Post-medieval–Still active | Limestone |
| Bar Brook Lead Mill | 1618–Around 1770 | Lead |
| Beans and Bacon Mine | By 1740–1925 | Lead |
| Blackwell Colliery | 1871 (sinking)–1969 | Coal |
| Blue John Cavern | from At least 1766 | Fluorspar |
| Bolehill Quarry | 600–c. 1914 (dam contract) | Sandstone |
| Bolsover Colliery | 1891–1993 | Coal |
| Bondog Hole Mine | Working by the mid-16th century–By mid-19th century | Lead |
| Bonsall Leys Mines | 1540s–19th century | Lead, Barite, Fluorspar |
| Boythorpe Colliery | By 1811–About 1900 (closed by 1914) | Coal |
| Brightside Lead Mine | Before 1853–By mid-19th century | Lead |
| Britain Colliery | 1827 (shallow shafts)–1946 | Coal |
| Broadmeadow Lead Mine | to 1852 | Lead |
| Brookhill Colliery | 1908 (sinking)–1969 | Coal |
| Cackle Mackle and Stadford Hollow Lead Mines | From early 16th century–Mid-19th century | Lead |
| Cadley Hill Colliery | 1861–March 1988 | Coal |
| Carsington Pasture Lead Mines | from Documented from 16th century | Lead |
| Cawdor Quarry | from 1857 | Limestone |
| Chariot Mine | 18th century–By about 1880 | Lead |
| Chellaston Alabaster Mines | early 14th century–1978 | Gypsum |
| Clay Cross Colliery | from 1840 | Coal, Ironstone |
| Coalpithole Rake | Documented from 1705–1880 | Lead |
| Cowdale Quarry | 1898–1948 | Limestone |
| Creswell Colliery | From September 1894 (sinking)–20 September 1991 | Coal |
| Crich Limestone Quarries | Early 19th century (Cliff Quarry)–1957 (Cliff Quarry) | Limestone |
| Cumberland Mine | 1780–Late 1960s (closure) | Lead |
| Denby Hall Colliery | 1875–1968 | Coal |
| Dimple Mine | from Working by 1807-09 | Lead |
| Dirtlow Rake Mine | at least 17th century–20th century | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Barite, Fluorspar |
| Dirty Red Soil Mine | Later 18th century–19th century | Lead |
| Dovegang Mine | By 1652–19th century | Lead |
| Dowlow Works | 1899–Still active | Limestone |
| Eckington Mine | 1993–January 2019 | Coal |
| Eldon Hill Crushing Circle | from Probably the 18th century | Lead |
| Faucet Rake | At least 1680–Mid-19th century | Lead |
| Froggatt Wood Smelt Mill | from 16th | Lead |
| Gang Mine | from By 1652 | Lead |
| Gautries Rake | from Working by 1671 | Lead |
| Gentlewoman's Pipe | from Working by 1807-09 | Lead |
| Glapwell Colliery | 11 August 1882–1974 | Coal |
| Glebe Mine | From 1860s–1884 | Lead, Fluorspar |
| Golconda Mine | From the 18th century–1953 (reported) | Lead, Barite, Fluorspar |
| Good Luck Mine | 25 October 1830–1952 | Lead, Barite, Fluorspar |
| Gorseydale Lead Mines | from Working by at least 1745 | Lead |
| Goyt's Moss Colliery | Early 17th century–31 December 1893 | Coal |
| Granville Colliery | 1823–1967 (surface) | Coal |
| Grassmoor Colliery | 1846 (Blackshale from 1861)–August 1950 (winding) | Coal |
| Gratton Dale Lead Mines | from From 1641 | Lead |
| Great Red Soil Mine | 1831–19th century | Lead |
| Guy Mine | 1841–1852 | Lead |
| Harpur Hill Quarry | c. 1835–c. 1952 | Limestone |
| Hartington Colliery | 1855-58 (as New Hollingwood)–1927 (pumping long after) | Coal |
| Haslowfield Mine | from 18th century | Lead |
| Hazard Mine | from Post-medieval | Lead, Calcite |
| High Rake Mine | From the 13th century–March 1853 | Lead |
| Hill's Venture Lead Mine | From 1670s–Mid-19th century | Lead |
| Hillcarr Sough | 1776–By 1850s | Lead |
| Hillocks Mine | post-medieval–By 1900 | Lead |
| Holbrook Colliery | By 1875 (sinking)–February 1944 | Coal |
| Hollandtwine Mine | from Post-medieval | Lead |
| Hollingwood Colliery | 1840s–1872 (Deep Soft abandoned) | Coal |
| Holme Bank Chert Mine | 1832–1959–1961 | Chert |
| Holmewood Colliery | 1867-68–1968 | Coal |
| Hopping Pipe Mine | By 1901–c. 1960 | Lead, Fluorspar |
| Hopton Wood Quarries and Middleton Mine | From the 18th century–2005 (closure) | Limestone |
| Horsesteps Mine | to 19th century | Lead |
| Hubberdale Mines | 1666–1844 | Lead |
| Ireland Colliery | 1876 (sinking from 1872)–1986 | Coal |
| Kirkmeadow Mine | — | Lead |
| Knotlow Mine | at least 1702–later 19th century | Lead |
| Ladywash Mine | 1714–1979 | Lead, Fluorspar |
| Langwith Colliery | From 1876 (sinking)–1978 | Coal |
| Lathkill Dale Mine | 1741-42–1841-42 | Lead |
| Lead Workings in High Tor Recreation Ground | Documented from the 16th century–At least the 18th century | Lead |
| Lees and Dove Rakes | From 1709-13–19th century | Lead |
| Linacre Wood Smelt Mill | From 1596–1613 | Lead |
| Lings Colliery | 1840–1896 | Coal |
| Little Brookhead Mine | from Post-medieval (1540-1900) | Lead |
| Long Rake Spar Mine | 1867–1981 (underground) | Lead, Fluorspar, Calcite |
| Long Sough Entrance | from 1673 | Lead |
| Longstone Edge | worked from at least the 18th century (lead veins)–2009 | Fluorspar, Lead, Barite |
| Longtor Mines | from Post-medieval | Lead, Zinc, Fluorspar |
| Magpie Mine | 1740–1958 | Lead |
| Mandale Mine | 1797–1851 | Lead |
| Manners Colliery | 1870s–October 1949 | Coal |
| Mapperley Colliery | 1872–27 March 1965 | Coal |
| Markham Colliery | 1882 (lease)–2 July 1993 (production) | Coal |
| Masson Hill Mine | Medieval (documented 1470)–20th century | Lead, Fluorspar |
| Maury Mine and Sough | By the 17th century–By 1880 | Lead |
| Mawstone Mine | Working by c.1700–1932 | Lead |
| Maypit Mine | by 1825–19th century | Lead |
| Meerbrook Sough Mine | 1772–c.1870 | Lead |
| Merlin Mine | from By 1793 | Lead |
| Millclose Mine | 17th century–1940 | Lead, Zinc |
| Milldam Mine | 1885–October 2023 | Lead, Zinc, Barite, Fluorspar |
| Moss Rake | At least 1617–Early 1970s | Lead, Calcite |
| Mount Pleasant Lead Mines | from 1767 | Lead |
| Nether Loads Farm Red Lead Mill | 1581–By mid-19th century | Lead |
| Nether Ratchwood and Rantor Lead Mines | 1740s–1860s | Lead |
| Netherseal Colliery | from 1867 | Coal |
| New Cottam Colliery | c.1853–1914 (as Hazel Colliery) | Coal |
| New Rake Lead Mines | from Documented from 1711 | Lead |
| New Venture Lead Mine | 18th century–19th century | Lead |
| Nickergrove Mine | 1750s–Around 1900 | Lead |
| Northern Dale Lead Mines | from By 1530s | Lead |
| Norwood Colliery, Killamarsh | 1865–1867–1914 | Coal |
| Odin Mine | 1280 (documented)–1869 | Lead, Barite, Fluorspar, Calcite |
| Ormonde Colliery | 1908 (sinking from 1906)–25 September 1970 | Coal |
| Oxcroft Colliery | 1901 (sinking)–1974 | Coal |
| Oxlow Rake Lead Mines | from From 1709 | Lead |
| Parkhouse Colliery | 1867 (sinking)–12 October 1962 | Coal |
| Peakshill or Oden Sough | from 1726–1729 | Lead |
| Pin Dale Lead Side Veins | from Before the mid-18th century (pre-dynamite) | Lead |
| Pinxton Colliery | 1788–March 1950 | Coal |
| Placket Mine | from By 1766 | Lead |
| Pleasley Colliery | 1873 (shaft sinking)–1983 | Coal |
| Portway Lead Mine | from 1650s | Lead |
| Prospect Lead Mine | — | Lead |
| Putwell Hill Mine | Documented from the late 16th century–1931 | Lead, Fluorspar |
| Rainslow Scrins | from By 1541 | Lead |
| Ramsley Moor Lead Smelting Site | from Probably late medieval | Lead |
| Red Rake Mine | 27 October 1851–Early 20th century | Lead, Fluorspar |
| Renishaw Park Colliery | 1860–1989 | Coal |
| Ripley Colliery | 1846 (museum)–October 1949 | Coal |
| Rutland Colliery | 1828 (Engine Pit No. 1)–April 1887 (No. 4 Pit) | Coal |
| Sallet Hole Mine | at least 17th century (as a sough)–1998 | Lead, Fluorspar |
| Seedlow Lead Mine | Medieval–Mid-19th century | Lead |
| Seymour Colliery | 1855 (sinking)–1918 | Coal |
| Shipley Colliery | By the mid-18th century–1960s | Coal |
| Shirebrook Colliery | 1896–April 1993 | Coal |
| Silence Mine | Worked from 1713–1885 | Lead |
| Silver Hillocks Mine | — | Lead |
| Slack, Mount Pleasant and Barmasters Grove Lead Mines | from Documented from 1541 | Lead |
| Slaley Sough | c.1740–1854-59 | Lead |
| Slitherstone and Linacre Lead Mines | from Documented from mid-18th century | Lead |
| Snake Mine | possibly 17th century (timber rails found)–About 1920 | Lead |
| South Normanton Colliery | 1893 (sinking)–1952 or 1957 | Coal |
| Speedwell Cavern | 1771–1790 | Lead |
| Speedwell Colliery, Staveley | 1841–By 1896 | Coal |
| Stancliffe Quarry | Early 19th century–1963 | Sandstone |
| Stone Edge Smelt Mill | Around 1770–By 1852 | Lead |
| Swanwick Colliery | 1833 (first shaft)–September 1968 | Coal |
| Tibshelf Colliery | 1864-65–1936 | Coal |
| Tideslow Rake | 12th–18th centuries–By c.1800 | Lead |
| Treak Cliff Cavern | c.1745-50–1926 | Fluorspar, Lead |
| True Blue Mine | 18th century–After 1913 | Lead |
| Tunstead Quarry | 1929–Still active | Limestone |
| Twentylands Mine | Working by 30 June 1701–By 1880 | Lead |
| Via Gellia Lead Mines | By 1750–c. 1886 | Lead |
| Wapping Mine | Working by the 1750s (lead)–After 1956 | Lead, Fluorspar |
| Watergrove Mine | By 1746–February 1872 | Lead |
| West Hallam Colliery | 1795–About 1930 | Coal, Pyrite |
| Westthorpe Colliery | From 1923 (sinking)–1984 | Coal |
| Wheels Rake Wheelhouse Shaft | 1756–c.1851 | Lead |
| Whitwell Colliery | 1890 (sinking)–27 June 1986 | Coal |
| Williamthorpe Colliery | 1905 (sinking from 1901)–28 March 1970 | Coal |
| Wills Founder Mine | to By 1976 | Lead |
| Wingfield Manor Colliery | 1908–November 1963 (merged with Swanwick) | Coal |
| Winster Mines | by the 17th century–1938 | Lead |
| Winster Pitts and Drummer's Venture | Worked from the mid-17th century–By mid-19th century | Lead |