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Lead Mining Bargains at Breckonsyke

 Book   Date   Bargain 
148   12 Jul 1853 
William Harrison 6 prs agree to rise at the place fixed upon @ 120/- per fathom and 35/- per Bing for the ore they get till 30th September.
Partners: W. Harrison, Thos. Hewitson, John Fleming, John Kidd, John Robinson, Cutht. Colling
 
148   8 Oct 1853 
Wm. Harrison 6 prs agree to drive in the vein eastward from their Rise top at 140/- per fathom and 35/- per Bing for the ore they get till 31st October.
Partners: Wm. Harrison, John Fleming, Cuth. Colling, John Kidd, Thos. Hewitson, John Robinson
 
148   12 Oct 1853 
Wm. Harrison 6 prs agree to rise from the end of last bargain to Henry Stobbs & prs drift @ 140/- per fathom and 25/- per Bing.
Partners: Wm. Harrison, Jno. Fleming, Cutht. Colling, John Kidd, Thos. Hewitson, Jno. Robinson
 
148   9 Mar 1854 
William Harrison 6 prs agree to raise ore in 15 fathoms of ground west from Henry Stubbs & prs @ 44/- per Bing till 30th June.
Partners: W. Harrison, Cuth. Colling, John Kidd, Thos. Hewitson, John Robinson, Jno. Coultherd
 
152   6 Apr 1869 
Thos. Coulthard 8 prs agree to drive level in Breckonsyke Vein East at 40/- per fathom and 30/- per Bing till 30th June: to work five eight hour shifts per week per man.
Partners: Thos. Coulthard, Jos. Hewitson, Jona. Hewitson, Jos. Coulthard, Wm. Featherstone, Wm. Featherstone, Jos. Harrison, Jos. Thompson.
[This partnership was recorded under Burtree Pasture the previous bargain]
 

 

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These extracts of Lead Mining Bargains have been kindly supplied by John Stark. He has transcribed those bargains that relate to his family history research. This is not a full extract from the bargain book, but it does provide an indication of the information available. To see Johns family history research click here, for the original extracts from the bargain books click here.

When indexing the names mentioned in the Bargains we have 'standardised' the spelling of the names - this was to aid in eliminating obvious duplicates. The spelling as shown in the detail of the actual bargain remains as transcribed.

 

Description of the method of mining and some of the terms used


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