Barney Craig

Overview

Mining at the Carrshield Lead and Ore Mine is believed to have taken place at various stages from the mid-1700’s to […]

Rivers polluted by Barney Craig mine water

Monitoring by the Environment Agency over many years shows that the mine water flowing out of the Barney Craig adit […]

Where are we proposing to treat the mine water?

We have identified a preferred site following a lengthy assessment process that has taken several years where a large number of sites were […]

What will we do?

Where possible, the WAMM Programme prefers to use “passive” technologies which do not require continual supervision by people and have […]

Carrshield Tailings Dam

Work to prevent erosion of spoil into the River West Allen from Carrshield Tailings Dam was completed in 2019. This […]

Mining Remediation Authority
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