Lisdrumgormley Lead Mines
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  Lisdrumgormley Lead Mines | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Clontibret |
| County | County Monaghan |
| Country | Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°11′52″N 6°45′54″W / 54.197743°N 6.765101°W |
| Production | |
| Products | lead |
| Greatest depth | 50 metres (160 ft) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1846 |
The Lisdrumgormley Lead Mines are a deposit in Ireland that was mined for lead as early as the 1840s. The underground workings consisted of narrow, 1.5m-wide slopes above a northwest–southeast-trending level. It was the subject of further exploration during the mid-1950s when the original shaft was reopened to a depth of 21 meters.
Initially Lisdrumgormley Mine was part of the North Eastern Mining Company of Ireland.[1] It was formed on Monday 6 April 1846 at The Angel Hotel in Liverpool, with Capt James Skimming (Annaglogh) as its Agent.
The North Eastern Mining Company also encompassed nearby Annaglogh Mine, Coolartragh (Bond Mine) Lemgare Mines and Hope[2] Mines[3][4] near Castleblayney.
Lisdrumgormley was recorded in 1922 as being under development by The Farney Development Company.[5]
Assays of over 22% Pb were recorded at the location by the Mining Corporation of Ireland in 1956. The access to the underground mine was by way of a shaft apparently almost 50m deep.