Geograph - photograph every grid square

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

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The Warning Notice reads: "Upon entering these premises you consent that... (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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This is the adit for gaining access to the Blairlogie copper mine. It marks the... (more)

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The site of the Roseberry Ironstone Mine which operated from 1871 to 1926... (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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"One afternoon, in the summer of 1922, a 15-year-old was tramping across a... (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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The whole area in view has been greatly disturbed by mining activity. The small,... (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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An overview of Ayton Ironstone Mine or Monument Mine as it was known locally... (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 huge opencast coal mine on the Blagdon Estate employs some 150 people. 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 walled enclosure protects the dangerous shaft of the disused lead mine... (more)

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This underground canal junction within Dudley tunnel on the Dudley canal once... (more)

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

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Blocked up and back filled mine entrance with air vent visible.

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Disused mine entrance fenced off by the Coal Authority. Looks like original... (more)

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The workings at Coldberry Mine on the western side of Hudes Hope cover a large... (more)

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Large amounts of spoil and circular dips in the ground are the most obvious... (more)

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The trucks used in the mine before it was abandoned are lost; these are restored... (more)

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This shows the two engine houses on Lyle's Shaft at Wheal Basset Mine. The... (more)

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On 29 May 1546 a group of Fife lairds gained access to the castle disguised as... (more)

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At first sight this feature was thought to be a dam built to create a reservoir... (more)

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A view of the mine area and its spoil heaps from the other side of the valley of... (more)

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The mine which is above the west side of Daddryshield Burn is an old one but has... (more)

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The pumping engine house for a 60" engine and its separate stack are both... (more)

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A tip or bing from a small lead mine, already shown as an 'old mine'... (more)

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