Processing items
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crushing_roller
Roller crusher, used for crushing dressed lead ore to size, from Hollandtwine Mine, near Castleton, Derbyshire, circa 1920 (Museum ref: MATMM:A.796)
crushing_wheel
Millstone grit wheel for crushing ore: the wheel would be set on its edge and pulled around a cirulat track by a horse; from Moss Rake Mine, Peak Forest, Derbyshire (Museum ref: MATMM:A.920)
lead_ingot
Lead ingot from the shipwreck of the Hollandia, sunk in 1743 near the Ilses of Scilly, used as ballast on the outward journey (Museum ref: MATMM:A.32/2)
measuring_dish
Wooden measuring dish, used to measure lead ore (Museum ref: MATMM:A.323)
smelting_hearth
Roman smelting hearth, found at Hazelwood near Duffield, Derbyshire by Erewash Valley Archaeological Research Group (Museum ref: MATMM:A.326)
ticketing_sample
Paper package, tied with string and sealed with wax, presumed to contain a sample of lead ore, marked 1854, associated with Ecton Mines, Staffordshire (Museum ref: MATMM:A.588)
bucking_hammer
Flat-faced hammer used to crush ore by hand, probably used on Bradwell moor or Eldon Hill, Derbyshire (Museum ref: MATMM:A.835)