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The Warning Notice reads: "Upon entering these premises you consent that... (more)

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This is the adit for gaining access to the Blairlogie copper mine. It marks the... (more)

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A candle holder made from a lump of clay. The thumbprints of the miner who... (more)

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Photographed from the steps to the winding engine house that one wound this... (more)

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The Levant Mine used to produce copper, tin and arsenic. The first mine appeared... (more)

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In the North East Lakes for the weekend and a wander up Raise. This is looking... (more)

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In the old copper mine.

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This engine house straddles the grid line with only the left hand side of the... (more)

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This is now all that remains of the seam of copper that was mined in the... (more)

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"One afternoon, in the summer of 1922, a 15-year-old was tramping across a... (more)

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Close House Mine is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale... (more)

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If you're feeling a bit down, the bleak and barren Pates Hill Windfarm... (more)

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The whole area in view has been greatly disturbed by mining activity. The small,... (more)

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The site of the Roseberry Ironstone Mine which operated from 1871 to 1926... (more)

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An overview of Ayton Ironstone Mine or Monument Mine as it was known locally... (more)

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These are old buildings and a mine entrance. There were no mine tours on this... (more)

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The walled enclosure protects the dangerous shaft of the disused lead mine... (more)

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The Three Kings Copper Mine was part of the Tilberthwaite Mine complex and... (more)

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A branch tunnel from the Dudley canal tunnel leads to Singing Cavern, a former... (more)

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Shotton surface mine seen shortly after mining mining ceased in summer 2020. The... (more)

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Auchencairn Mine was first worked for copper, probably during the 18th century.... (more)

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Florence Mine is a disused ironstone mine with appreciable surface remains. This... (more)

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This is a working free mine where two free miners hew coal in the winter. In the... (more)

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Mine spoil distributed widely below a mine road at the Sandbeds Mine which was... (more)

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Originally known as Chacewater Mine, Wheal Busy has a rich history of tin,... (more)

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Originally known as Chacewater Mine, Wheal Busy has a rich history of tin,... (more)

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The tramway from the Sloate Mine Horse Level joined into tracks from Faggergill... (more)

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The mine level entrance is clogged with snow - the near-circular patch just to... (more)

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A huge mine, the second deepest of any sort of mine in Europe, extending to 1400... (more)

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A huge mine, the second deepest of any sort of mine in Europe, extending to 1400... (more)

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The Marke Valley Mine, including at various times Wheal Jenkin and West Rosedown... (more)

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In the foreground, the fence encloses an old mine shaft, part of the Greenhurth... (more)

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Dolaucothi is a site where gold has been mined since the Romans and possibly... (more)

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The Chariot Mine was a lead mine which operated between about 1700 and 1900. The... (more)

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Work began at this iron mine in 1912 or 1913. It was operated by William Baird... (more)

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The huge opencast coal mine on the Blagdon Estate employs some 150 people. The... (more)

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Archaeological work being carried out on the furnace and boiler house by the... (more)

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The entrance to this former lead mine. There are also various former vertical... (more)

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The Dudley tunnel on the Dudley canal runs through Hurst cavern, a former... (more)

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Engine house, headgear and chimney at Magpie Mine.... (more)

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Sipton Mine was worked by the Weardale Lead Company between 1923 and 1944. The... (more)

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The barren material on the central spoil appears to be finely divided. Mined... (more)

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