The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Goldscope Mine
Cumberland (County [UK]), England
View Larger MapDescription of institution: From the Newlands Valley page: the Goldscope mine on the lower slopes of Hindscarth near Low Snab farm, which has operated since the 16th century. It yielded such large amounts of lead and copper that it was called “Gottesgab” (God's Gift) by the German miners brought over to develop the mine in its early days. The mine closed at the end of the 19th century, not because it was exhausted but because the mine's main shaft had gone so deep it had become uneconomic to pump the water from it. URL:https://www.mindat.org/loc-4726.html