Processing items
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The Peak District has been home to a wide range of mining and quarrying activities. It has been an important source of building and industrial materials for thousands of years. The Museum aims to address the full range and we are especially proud of our collection of historic Lead Mining artefacts.
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)