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Carrock: Looking down Grainsgill Beck at Carrock mine (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-019) Carrock (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-020)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-039)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-040)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-041)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-042)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-043)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-044)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-045)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-046)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-047)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-048)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-049)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-050)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-051)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-052)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-053)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-054)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-055) Shaft: the fence around the shaft on harding vein against the blue sky one crisp day early 2008 (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-056)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-057) watch out rangers about: a quick snap of a ranger who appeared from nowhere  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-058)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-059)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-060)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-061)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-062) Smith Vein: Looking at Smith vein in the forehead  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-087) Sleeper: Wooden sleeper in the floor of the Smith vein level (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-088) Smith Vein: Looking up at a small rise on the Smith vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-089) Smith Vein: Another small rise on to the Smith vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-090) Smith Vein Stope: Looking up at the start of the smith vein stopes (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-091) Smith Vein Stope: Looking up at a wwoden platform in the SMith vein stope (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-092) Air Pipe: Air pipe running up in to a stope on the Smith vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-093) Points: Points still in situe on the Smith vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-094) Box: An electrical box on the wall in the Smith vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-095) Ducting: Air Pipe in the Smith vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-096) Wilson Vein: Wilson vein in the forehead of the cross cut driven from the Smith vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-097) Smith vein: Looking along the level at the supporting pillars for the base of the stope (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-098) Smith vein Forehead: Looking at the Smith vein forehead here the strong Quartz vein can clearly be seen but very few other minerals can be seen  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-099) Side Drive: Looking from the Harding vein level into a side drive (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-100) Parallel Drive: On the right hand side of the Harding vein level there are a couple od side drives off the vein from at least one of these there is a tunnel driven parallel to the main level here is a view down the first one we came across (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-101) Hopper: A collapsed hopper on the Harding vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-102) Side Drive: Amnoth side drive of the main Harding vein level  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-103) Split: Here the Harding vein level splits in2 which rejoin not that far on. this is near to the underground explosives store (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-104) Ladder Way: A wide section of the Hardinf vein where on of the ladders heads off up in to the stope above (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-105)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-106)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-107)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-108)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-109)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-110)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-111)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-112)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-113)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-114)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-115)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-116) Timbers: Timbers supporting one of the hoppers on the Harding vein level (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-117)  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-118) Hopper and Stope: Looking up another stope beside a hopper on the Harding vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-119) Ladder: On the Harding vein this is a wide section of the level where there is a ladder leading up in to the stopes which go for quite some distance (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-120) Hopper and Stope: Looking up past a broken hopper at the stope above on the Harding vein which are a good size at this point (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-121) Hopper's: 2 hoppers and in the ackground there is a fall with water backed up behind. on the Harding vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-122) Hopper: A hopper on the Harding vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-123) Fall: Looking along the Harding vein at the fall at the junction with the Emerson vein cross cut  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-124) Wet: Looking at the Emerson vein cross cut from on top of the fall which is backing up the water  (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-125) Rotten: Looking up at rotten timbers which have given way. at this point you are sitting on top of a collapse with some water backed up behind it. this is at the junction where the Emerson vein cross cut leaves the Harding vein level (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-126) Expolsives Store: Looking in side the underground explosives store (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-127) Side Drive: Looking down a side drive off the main Harding level. This is near the explosives store and loops back on to the main level (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-128) Harding Vein: Looking at a small collapse on the Harding vein here the vein is quite clear to see (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-129) Hopper: Looking up a smashed hopper on the Harding Vein here the stopes are a good height (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-130) Exit: Scramble out of the mine (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-User-Album-Image-131) February 1972: View looking down from Coomb Height on he mine site. (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-002) Carrock Feb 1972 (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-003) Carrock Feb 1972 (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-004) Carrock Feb 1972: Note the old blue Cumberland Mobile Library van that was used as the survey and geology office ! (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-005) Carrock Feb 1972: Primary Crusher House under construction (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-006) Carrock Feb 1972: Portal to the No. 2 (Canadian Level) (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-007) Carrock June 1972: Mill Site idle after a brief period of operation (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-008) Carrock June 1971 (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-009) Carrock June 1971 (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-010) Carrock June 1971 (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-011) Carrock June 1971: Bottom of the No. 1 raise from the No. 2 Level, Harding Vein (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-012) Carrock June 1971: Back of the No. 2 North on Harding Vein.   (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-013) Carrock June 1971: Harding Vein, No. 2 South.  Vein is about 30cms wide cutting greisen and shows rich content of wolframite (black), marmatite and arsenopyrite. (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-014) Carrock June 1972: Photo of the Harding Vein being cut and displaced by the Grainsghyll Lead Vein.  The tungsten vein is shifted about 2.5m to the east by the later lead vein. (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-015) Carrock June 1972: Photo of the Harding vein in the back of the No. 1 Scram 8.8m north of the No. 1 Raise.  The vein shows intense brecciation of large quartz crystals set in a matrix of ankerite, chlorite and arsenopyrite. (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-016) Carrock June 1972: Photo showing the different phases of mineralization within the Harding Vein.  Quartz-wolframite-sulphide vein on right, open-space filling of quartz-ankerite in centre, greisenized granite next to the left then barren quartz (with minor scheelite) on the left.  12m south of forehead in June 1972 on the Harding No. 1 North (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-017) Carrock June 1972: Harding Vein showing good wolframite blades and masses of arsenopyrite. (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-018) 1975: elevator (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-019) 1975: jaw crusher (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-020) 1975: level (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-021) 1975: storage tank (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-022) 1975: mine office - Worldwide Energy (UK) Ltd (Carrock-Wolframite-Mine-Archive-Album-Image-023)