Mine Exploration & Mining History

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Photographs Of Nentforce Level Last modified - November 18^th by allanr	Photographs Of Ratgoed Last modified - November 15^th by keithwn	Photographs Of Berryhill No.3 Last modified - November 13^th by Rab.

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Olive Bank Coal Colliery United Kingdom / NT Last modified - October 21^st by simonrail
West Vitifer Tin Mine United Kingdom / SX Last modified - September 27^th by Wyn
Corbie Craigs Iron Shaft United Kingdom / NS Last modified - September 24^th by Rab.

Latest Mining & Mine Exploration Documents

Simdde Dylluan NewsPpr 1874 (55Kb) General Interest Uploaded November 24^th by TwllMawr
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

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Compressor valve chest by B175 I wonder why they chose the name Hirnant? (Willy Eckerslyke)

Pipe hock by scottetanner@live.co.uk No comment left (Cuban Bloodhound)

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)