Photo Gallery - Keswick - Lake District


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  • Dam and lake constructed in Scope End, by German Miners to power waterwheel in Goldscope (Scope Beck / Little Dale)

    Dam and lake constructed in Scope End, by German Miners to power waterwheel in Goldscope (Scope Beck / Little Dale)

  • 16th Century German Miner's Hut at 2,000 feet on Dale Head, looking towards Keswick. This hut may have been home to Jewish miners working at the Dale Head Mine, just under the summit of the mountain. Goldscope is at the end of the valley on the left.

    16th Century German Miner's Hut at 2,000 feet on Dale Head, looking towards Keswick. This hut may have been home to Jewish miners working at the Dale Head Mine, just under the summit of the mountain. Goldscope is at the end of the valley on the left.

  • A 'strope' within St George's Shaft, where the vein has been followed and excavated out to around a height of 30-40 feet. This is just before the

    A 'strope' within St George's Shaft, where the vein has been followed and excavated out to around a height of 30-40 feet. This is just before the

  • Main entrance to the Goldscope Mine (St George's Shaft) cutting into earlier open mining of Copper viens.

    Main entrance to the Goldscope Mine (St George's Shaft) cutting into earlier open mining of Copper viens.

  • The Newlands Valley - a key site for the German mining activities which supplied Gaunse's smelter. Gaunse would have visited these sites.

    The Newlands Valley - a key site for the German mining activities which supplied Gaunse's smelter. Gaunse would have visited these sites.

  • The holes in the steep mountain side beyond the excavated Copper vein represent early prospecting. Ian Tyler found picks used by the early German miners in the remote shafts.

    The holes in the steep mountain side beyond the excavated Copper vein represent early prospecting. Ian Tyler found picks used by the early German miners in the remote shafts.

  • Newland Valley Long Works - Here the German Miners first saw copper and mined the vein as an open cast working to a depth of 70 feet.

    Newland Valley Long Works - Here the German Miners first saw copper and mined the vein as an open cast working to a depth of 70 feet.

  • Remains of 16th Century Weir built to power Joachim Gaunse's Revolutionary Copper Smelter.

    Remains of 16th Century Weir built to power Joachim Gaunse's Revolutionary Copper Smelter.

  • The 'Hammer Hole' a tunnel and the mill leat, made by the German miners to feed Gaunse's Copper Smelter 220 yards away.

    The 'Hammer Hole' a tunnel and the mill leat, made by the German miners to feed Gaunse's Copper Smelter 220 yards away.

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