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0:00 - History 11:40 Drone Footage The earliest recorded workings at Magpie Mine in the Peak District date from 1740,and the mine was only one of several such ventures working different lead veins in the same area. Right from the start, the miners had difficulty in keeping the workings free from water, but by 1824, a Newcomen type pumping engine had been erected on the Main Shaft. This led to the production of 800 tons of lead in 1827 a record that remained unbroken until 1871. For years, Magpie Mine was troubled by disputes with the neighboring mines over who had the right to work each vein. Miners from Magpie Mine and Maypitt Mine were both working the Great Redsoil Vein, and would light fires underground to smoke each other out. The arguments raged for years, both underground and in the courts. In 1833 three Maypitt miners were suffocated by fumes from fires lit by Magpie miners and 24 Magpie miners were put on trial for their murder. Several were freed immediately and eventually all were acquitted because of the difficulty in Identifying the individual culprits as well as the provocative actions of the Maypitt miners themselves. It is said that the wives of the “murdered” men put a curse on the mine and the effect of the disputes. was to ruin the mine which closed in 1835. More Information here :- https://pdmhs.co.uk/magpie-mine-peak-...