Mine Exploration & Mining History

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Photographs Of Smallcleugh Last modified - April 7^th by Paul Binney	Photographs Of Yarner Last modified - April 7^th by LeeW	Photographs Of Haytor Last modified - April 7^th by LeeW
Photographs Of Lady Rashleigh Cons. Last modified - April 7^th by LeeW	Photographs Of Nickergrove Last modified - April 6^th by alex17595	Photographs Of Loftus Last modified - April 5^th by christwigg

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Rowter Hole Lead Mine United Kingdom / SK Last modified - April 23^rd by pwhole
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Wisemans Bridge Coal Mine United Kingdom / SN Last modified - March 9^th by Coggy
Ackton Hall Colliery Coal Colliery United Kingdom / SE Last modified - March 7^th by SimonRL
Cymerau Slate Mine United Kingdom / SH Last modified - March 5^th by Barney
Hopewell Lead Mine United Kingdom / SE Last modified - February 17^th by christwigg

Latest Mining & Mine Exploration Documents

Inquest - fatal accident with mine trolley (1.18Mb) Other Documents & White Papers Uploaded March 31^st by Peter Burgess
Nomination of the Tasmanian Goldmine at Beaconsfield for an Historic Engineering Marker (1.59Mb) General Interest Uploaded March 20^th by larker
Devis Hole Mine Plan (4.17Mb) Map / Survey Uploaded January 6^th by cchilton-666
Hashem Etminan interview on Sungun discovery 1977 (10.35Mb) Technical Documents Uploaded November 14^th 2017 by Hashem Etminan
Prospectus from 1857 - Pg.1 (4.39Mb) Marketing Material Uploaded November 1^st 2017 by suksel
Snowdon Copper Mines (1.34Mb) General Interest Uploaded August 29^th 2017 by TwllMawr
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OS map of Bryn-y_Felin (4.75Mb) Map / Survey Uploaded August 22^nd 2017 by Willy Eckerslyke
Cwmorthin Technical Exploration Guide 2017 (Revised July) (1.23Mb) Technical Documents Uploaded July 11^th 2017 by Miles-M
Katoomba Colliery (98Kb) Tourist Guides Uploaded June 28^th 2017 by B175
Katoomba Colliery (77Kb) Tourist Guides Uploaded June 28^th 2017 by B175
Katoomba Colliery (72Kb) Tourist Guides Uploaded June 28^th 2017 by B175
Katoomba Colliery (65Kb) Tourist Guides Uploaded June 28^th 2017 by B175
Katoomba Colliery (65Kb) Tourist Guides Uploaded June 28^th 2017 by B175
Katoomba Colliery (91Kb) Tourist Guides Uploaded June 28^th 2017 by B175

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Parys 250 by TheBogieman No comment left (pauldundee)

Ruturn Drift Manrider by Yelhsa Ballard No comment left (Cuban Bloodhound)

A windlass on the incline June 2009 by mcrtchly No comment left (Cuban Bloodhound)

Morrison Busty site by oildrum bailey3 (bailey3)

Wheal Jane Mine, Cornwall. by Roy Morton No comment left (Cuban Bloodhound)

Photographs Of Lambton (Photo ref 114888) by lyons Thats is very sad. (RAMPAGE)

Ackworth again, the other side of the shaft. by Cyril Maurice Both shaft-side photo's are from the same side. (SPARKY JS)

Kibble in deep adit by royfellows Successful experiment, looks great! (Willy Eckerslyke)

A'' Winning Pit, 14.04.08 Shed over shaft top for pumping station by ICLOK Got loads of photos when they were installing pumps etc (Papajoe)

Entrance pitch by sparty_lea No comment left (RJV)