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Metalliferous Mines

Cheshire, Lancashire, Stafford (north)

Cheshire

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
Astbury Silica Co. per D Boulton The Brooms, Park Lane, Congleton	Astbury	Newbold	D Boulton	Ganister	2	4
Nathaniel Bowker, The Bank, Scholar Green, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.	Drummberhead	Mow Cop	Closed	Red Marl	-	-
ditto	Linley	Linley, nr. Alsager		ditto	2	1
Salt Union Ltd., Colonial House, Water St., Liverpool	Meadow Bank	Winsford		Rock Salt	44	10
JE Triner, Congleton Rd., Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.	Marl Footrail	Moreton	Abandoned	Marl	1	-
JT Williams 10 Mow Hollow, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.	Bank Marl Shaft	Scholar Green		ditto	-	-

Lancashire

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
Bower & Son, Landgate Quarries, Shawforth, Rochdale	Landgate	Shawforth	G Bower	Sandstone	2	3
Butterworth Bros. & Taylor 5 Princess St., Whitworth, Richdale	Ragley	Whitworth		ditto	3	5
Henry Heyes & Co Ltd., Britannia, Bacup	Kingswell	Britannia	Not worked	ditto	-	-
Horncliffe Quarry Co. Horncliffe, Rawstenstall, Rossendale	Sheffield Gate No.1 (closed)	Hornclffe, Rawtenstall	JT Tyack	ditto	1	2
AE Hutchinson & Sons, Rake Head Quarries, Rochdale	Rake Head No.2	Stacksteads	G Hutchinson	ditto	8	18
I Law, Shawforth Quarries, Rochdale	Heigh End	Britannia		ditto	2	1

Stafford (north)

Owner	Name of Mine	Situation	Agent	Minerals worked	Below	Above
JW Casstles, Gillow Fold, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent	Oxhay	Biddulph		Sandstone (whetstone)	2	4
H Ellerton, 118 Scot Hay,Silverdale, Stoke-on-Trent,	Park Lane	Audley		Gravel and Sand	16	7
Waller Bros, Gollow Heath, Biddulph, Stopke-on-Trent	Hill Lane	Gillow Heath, Biddulph		Sandstone (whetstone)	2	1