Report – Thomas Emerson to Martin Morrison – 6 Jan 1817

      Newhouse 6th January 1817

A Statement of the Weardale Lead Mines



      Middlehope Shield continues to raise Ore tolerable well, have let Bargains to 58 Men 8 to drive the Waggon Level at £3.15- pfam. 16 to raise Ore at 26/. pBing, 8 at 27/.pBg, 8 at 28/. pBg and the remainder at 30/.pBg.

       Company's Grove is likely to raise Ore much the same as usual, have let Bargains to 50 Men, 8 to drive the Waggon Level and raise Ore at 28/. per Bing and the remainder to raise Ore at 30/.

      Slitt is poor, have let Bargains to 21 Men, to raise Ore at 30/ pBing. – 

      Greenlaws continues poor, have let Bargains to 14 Men to raise Ore at 30/ pBing.

      Levelgate is only poor, have let Bargains to 134 Men, 8 to drive the Waggon Level at £4 pfam & 30/ pBing, 8 to drive the Vogue Level at £2-10 pfam& 30/ pBing, 8 to raise Ore at 25/ pBing and the remainder at 30/.

      Black Dean, is poor at present, have let Bargains to 43Men 6 to drive the low Waggon Level at £7.10 pfm&30/pBing & the remainder to raise Ore at 30/.

      Breckonsike is poor, have let Bargains to 19 Men to raise Ore at 30/ pBing. –

      Burtree Pasture is not so good at the fore-end; there is a cross vein come thro' which has rather injured her at present, the back lengths are raising Ore tolerable well, have let Bargains to 185 Men, 8 to drive the Waggon Leven at £5 pfm; 12 to sink in the Quarry < Hazel> at £5-10pfm & 30/ pBing; 8 to raise Ore at 22/ pBing; 8 at 25/; 8 at 26/; 6 at 27/; 28 at 28/ & the remainder at 30/pBing. – 

      Sedlin is poor, have let Bargains to 88 Men, 8 to drive the low Level at £7-10pfm & 30/ pBing; 8 to drive to Middle Level at £5 pfm and 30/ pBing, and the remainder to raise Ore at 30/pBing. –

      Barbary is much the same as last quarter, have let Bargains to 22 Men to raise Ore at 30/pBing.

      Wolf Cleugh is very poor, have only let Bargains to 4 Men to raise Ore at 30/ pBing.

      Broad-Dale pasture is poor, have let Bargains to 15 Men, 8 to drive the Level at £5 pfm and 28/ pBing, the remainder to raise Ore at 30/.

      Bolts-Burn - This is a new place.  - towards the latter part of last summer I was induced to set on a Level on the East side of Rookhope Burn with an expectation of finding the Company's Old Vein and I am glad to inform you that we have cut a Vein near the place expected, which is rather hopeful considering the situation where it is cut, as the Sills are not very good but I hope it will lead to a discovering of the Vein on the West side of the Burn, which may be of great use to Col Beaumont and the Country as the Sill is very good from the Burn - side to the Fell- top;  We have let a Bargain to 8 Men to raise Ore at 30/ pBing.

      Thos. Emerson