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Snailbeach Countryside Site : ウィキペディア英語版 | Snailbeach Countryside Site
Snailbeach Countryside Site is an industrial archeology site in Shropshire. It is located three south of the village of Pontesbury and around from the county town of Shrewsbury. At peak of production during the 19th century, it was reputed to be extracting the largest volume of lead per acre in Europe. == History and importance == Once the biggest lead mine in the county of Shropshire, the site is conserved as a scheduled monument.〔Shropshire Council.(Unknown).("Snailbeach Countryside Site" ). Last accessed 4 July 2013.〕 Lead mining may have taken place here since Roman times and, at peak of production in the 1840s and '50s, it is reputed to have extracted the largest volume of lead per acre in Europe. Lead mining ceased at the site in 1955.〔Snailbeach Lead Mine.(Unknown). ("History" ) Date retrieved 11 July 2013.〕 Barite, calcite, fluorspar, silver and zinc were also mined in smaller amounts.〔
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