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MARK OF CHARLES WRIGHT, LONDON, 1777,
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DERBYSHIRE MINING INTEREST, A GEORGE III SILVER TANKARD,
MARK OF CHARLES WRIGHT, LONDON, 1777,
Baluster with domed cover, handle with shell & scroll-embellished chair-back thumb-piece & terminating in an escutcheon, the front engraved with a ribbon-tied oval cartouche inscribed "The gift of the proprietors of Hill Carr-Sough, to Mr. Francis Holland as a testimony of their approbation of his attention to that undertaking during the time he acted as their Overseer to the unwatering of the Guy-Vein, April 17, 1787", 8 7/8 in. high (22 cm.), 30.5 oz.
MARK OF CHARLES WRIGHT, LONDON, 1777,
Baluster with domed cover, handle with shell & scroll-embellished chair-back thumb-piece & terminating in an escutcheon, the front engraved with a ribbon-tied oval cartouche inscribed "The gift of the proprietors of Hill Carr-Sough, to Mr. Francis Holland as a testimony of their approbation of his attention to that undertaking during the time he acted as their Overseer to the unwatering of the Guy-Vein, April 17, 1787", 8 7/8 in. high (22 cm.), 30.5 oz.
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The Hill-Carr sough was the spoil heap from the shaft which drained water from the veins of the lead mines around Youlgreave in Derbyshire to the River Derwent. Extensive mining in the area exploited the very rich ore which yielded 75 The Hill-Carr sough was established to prevent the mines flooding with water & work was started on it's construction in June, 1766; it was the largest sough in the country. The water was drained from the numerous veins by means of hydraulic engines which forced it into the sough which extended to the Derwent, a distance of more than 3 miles.