Mine Exploration & Mining History

AditNow is the leading web site and forum for the mine explorer as well as industrial archaeologists and historians. If you have an interest in mine exploration or mining history you will find thousands of mines in the UK and international mines as well as tens of thousands of photos of mines and a vast resource of mining articles and historical documents.

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Photographs Of Berryhill No.3 Last modified - 17 hours ago by Rab.	Photographs Of Old Providence Last modified - 32 hours ago by PeteJ	Photographs Of Norden Number 7 Last modified - 36 hours ago by Purbeckboy
Photographs Of Norden No 6 Last modified - 36 hours ago by Purbeckboy	Photographs Of Aldermoor Last modified - 38 hours ago by Purbeckboy	Photographs Of Common Wood Last modified - November 7^th by DuncanD
Photographs Of Parys Mountain Last modified - November 7^th by dajones	Historic Photographs Of Drws Y Coed Last modified - November 4^th by TwllMawr	Photographs Of Brownley Hill Mine Last modified - November 4^th by colin567
Photographs Of Gyrn Last modified - November 2^nd by Margot	Historic Photographs Of Combe Martin Last modified - November 1^st by CMSM	Photographs Of Combe Martin Last modified - November 1^st by CMSM
Historic Photographs Of Boulby Last modified - October 29^th by simonrail	Historic Photographs Of Grinkle Last modified - October 29^th by simonrail	Historic Photographs Of Liverton Last modified - October 29^th by simonrail

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Photographs Of Sungun Last modified - October 12^th by Hashem Etminan	Photographs Of Mirny Last modified - August 1^st by carnkie	Historic Photographs Of Ostwig Last modified - July 8^th by AdM Michael
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Combe Martin Silver Mine United Kingdom / SS Last modified - November 1^st by CMSM
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Brodsworth Coal Colliery United Kingdom / SE Last modified - September 8^th by Joss Maxwell
Silverwood Colliery Coal Mine United Kingdom / SK Last modified - July 2^nd by Jimbo
Meikledale Whetstone Mine Other Rock Mine United Kingdom / NS Last modified - June 16^th by Pyroninja
Tilberthwaite Mixed Mine United Kingdom / NY Last modified - June 16^th by Heb

Latest Mining & Mine Exploration Documents

Hay Royds 1997 (3.85Mb) General Interest Uploaded October 8^th by christwigg
NAMHO 2019 Review paper. (394Kb) Other Documents & White Papers Uploaded September 3^rd by royfellows
LLCo area plan (624Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 30^th by PeteJ
1968 sketch survey Low Level (14Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 30^th by PeteJ
History of Discovery of Sungun Porphyry Copper Deposit-Iran (55.30Mb) General Interest Uploaded April 28^th by Hashem Etminan
Enrick copper mine sections (2.09Mb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 22^nd by Tim Colman
Wheal Pool Notional plan (286Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 19^th by Dave43
Watts Grove Plantation Sketch (96Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 18^th by LeeW
Fine Burn Iron Mine (58Kb) General Interest Uploaded March 8^th by colin567
Ffos-y-Bleiddiaid sketch SH9376 (1.25Mb) Map / Survey Uploaded March 6^th by johnwin
Gwynfynydd Visitor Guide 1993 (8.06Mb) Tourist Guides Uploaded January 25^th by Wyn
magpie mine (53Kb) General Interest Uploaded January 24^th by carnkie
Gwydyr Mines Archaelogical Assessment (9.88Mb) Technical Documents Uploaded December 19^th 2018 by TwllMawr
Cambrian slate quaries 1947 (1.93Mb) Map / Survey Uploaded November 16^th 2018 by cookf
Cambrian slate quaries 1876 (2.50Mb) Map / Survey Uploaded November 16^th 2018 by cookf

Latest Photograph Votes

Gedling Colliery 1937. Retake. by Yelhsa Ballard Very good as it locates the colliery in Gedling as it was in 1937 and before houses spread down from Apple Tree Hill to towards the colliery. (RogerB)

Sulphur? Fungi? by parcher Nice (TwllMawr)

underground by sparty_lea NewStuff, I found it...... (legendrider)

Easington Colliery 1980s. by simonrail 5 from me too. That's an organised pit yard, look at the effort that's gone into that framework just to hold the spare winding sheaves. I've seen them propped against a wall before now.... (inbye)

Easington Colliery 1980s. by simonrail well, I give it 5* - the headgears are lovely but the car park clinched it! (legendrider)

Artefacts by SimonRL No comment left (Red78)

Opening the deep adit 1971 by Graigwen No comment left (Red78)

Cages by Eddie Forrester No comment left (Red78)

Top Adit by Eddie Forrester No comment left (Red78)

Stope by Barney No comment left (Welshken.)