Groverake Mine is County Durham’s last remaining mining headframe, it can be found standing tall at the site of a former mine on the outskirts of Rookhope in Weardale, it has become a symbol of an industry that once dominated the region. The mine was originally worked for ironstone between 1819 and 1875, then later for lead, until the mine closed around 1919. In the 1930s it was reopened to mine fluorspar. Groverake Mine provided access to several veins that run across the area, the Red Vein, the Greencleugh Vein, and Groverake Vein. The…
