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reebok Joined: 09/11/2010 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Inside Philipstoun mine (photo) Posted: 25/04/2011 18:04:41 Reply \| Quote Found it today, bit to dangerous for the inexperenced Photograph: (click image to open full size image in new window) IP: 86.131.171.85
ChrisJC Joined: 13/10/2007 Location: Northants View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Inside Philipstoun mine (photo) Posted: 25/04/2011 18:55:12 Reply \| Quote Is that one of the oil-shale mines to the West of Edinburgh? Chris. IP: 86.131.38.160
reebok Joined: 09/11/2010 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Inside Philipstoun mine (photo) Posted: 25/04/2011 19:10:08 Reply \| Quote ChrisJC wrote: Is that one of the oil-shale mines to the West of Edinburgh? Chris. Yes, always wondered where it was went a walk and found it no probs but would be a struggle to get into it without a rope, think there are more in the area but thats only the second one i have came accross. IP: 86.131.171.85
Morlock Joined: 31/07/2008 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Inside Philipstoun mine (photo) Posted: 25/04/2011 19:56:05 Reply \| Quote A bit on the oil works also a few interesting pics on Google. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/85566/details/philpstoun+shale+oil+works/ IP: 86.29.108.4 Edited: 25/04/2011 19:59:25 by Morlock
reebok Joined: 09/11/2010 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Inside Philipstoun mine (photo) Posted: 26/04/2011 17:38:43 Reply \| Quote Morlock wrote: A bit on the oil works also a few interesting pics on Google. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/85566/details/philpstoun+shale+oil+works/ Loads of interesting bits and pieces on the internet about the shale oil industry also a few remains buildings etc if you know where to look. IP: 86.131.171.85
Morlock Joined: 31/07/2008 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Inside Philipstoun mine (photo) Posted: 26/04/2011 18:38:13 Reply \| Quote Yep, I did a bit of reading up on Tarbrax a few years ago, very interesting. IP: 86.31.163.127
ChrisJC Joined: 13/10/2007 Location: Northants View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Inside Philipstoun mine (photo) Posted: 26/04/2011 18:43:06 Reply \| Quote During the NAMHO conference in 2009, I visited Philipstoun No. 6 which as I recall was easy to get into. Just a hole in a field. A reasonable amount to see, but very slippery underground! Chris. IP: 86.131.38.160
reebok Joined: 09/11/2010 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Inside Philipstoun mine (photo) Posted: 26/04/2011 20:16:03 Reply \| Quote ChrisJC wrote: During the NAMHO conference in 2009, I visited Philipstoun No. 6 which as I recall was easy to get into. Just a hole in a field. A reasonable amount to see, but very slippery underground! Chris. Makes me wonder if i actually found it !!, the bit i found was a fenced off part of the field and indeed a large hole but certainly not easy to get into, when i looked at the pin marker on the map i think i was more over to the left, unless of course the marker is placed wrong. IP: 86.131.171.85
ChrisJC Joined: 13/10/2007 Location: Northants View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	Inside Philipstoun mine (photo) Posted: 26/04/2011 21:01:40 Reply \| Quote My notes indicate the presence of a winch, but I can't recall a mental image of it. Chris. IP: 86.131.38.160

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