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Dixons Vein Old Mine

Archaeology

A post medieval lead mine in Patrick parish. The mine worked a vein known as Dixon's Vein in the Foxdale area: a shaft had been sunk to seven fathoms by 1836, but flooding forced a suspension of work until an adit was driven to drain the mine to the twenty-fathom level by May 1837. Levels were then driven east and west at the seven- and seventeen-fathom horizons, with ore removed by rail, before operations were again suspended in 1842 and surface trials were cut to trace the veins.

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  • Parish: Patrick
  • Sheading: Glenfaba
  • Grid Ref: SC2680077900

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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