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The Mine Explorerwebsite http://www.mineexplorer.org.uk/whiteheaps.htm says that Whiteheaps was mined for lead (the ore had a high silver content) from the early 1700s up to around 1880. From the early 1920s the site was mined for fluorspar by Hunstanworth Mines Ltd until 1932. In 1938 the Blanchland Fluor Mine Ltd took over production and supplied fluorspar to Scottish steelworks. When British Steel took over the site in the mid 1960s the mill was rebuilt to include a floatation circuit and the Whiteheap site was further developed. Finally in 1979 British Steel closed the site and a few years of inactivity followed. In 1982 the Weardale Mining and Processing company started operations and mined fluorspar until known reserves were exhausted. The mine closed in 1987.
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This photograph shows a view of Whiteheaps Dam as seen from its southern-most point. The picture was taken looking in a northerly direction towards Ramshawsike Plantation.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking up Ferney Gill from the old Whiteheaps Mine site.
©Helen Wilkinson
Dist:0.3km<br/>An old mine shaft capped with railway sleepers.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Abandoned mine office at Whiteheaps fluorspar mine near Blanchland.
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©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking across the valley from near the Sikehead lead mine towards [[2603548]].
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©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.5km<br/>The house stands at the western end of Ramshawsike Plantation which can be seen in the background.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>See also [[2600784]].
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©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking down past West Farm and across the valley towards [[2603548]].
©Mike Quinn

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