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UK and international mines as well as tens of thousands of photos of mines and a vast resource of mining articles and historical documents.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 Parys Mountain Last modified - 2 hours ago by dajones	Photographs Of Burning Drake (Peak Forest) Last modified - 19 hours ago by LeeW	Photographs Of Llanberis Last modified - 47 hours ago by Karl Marx
Photographs Of Conistone Moor Last modified - April 14^th by Red78	Historic Photographs Of Old Gang Last modified - April 14^th by Jim MacPherson	Photographs Of Cop Rake Last modified - April 11^th by LeeW
Photographs Of Siggate Head Last modified - April 11^th by LeeW	Photographs Of Odin Last modified - April 10^th by LeeW	Photographs Of Starvehouse Last modified - April 10^th by LeeW
Photographs Of Lost Lad Last modified - April 9^th by LeeW	Photographs Of Carberry Colliery Last modified - April 8^th by simonrail	Photographs Of Caradon East Last modified - April 7^th by Scoggan
Photographs Of Nab Gill Last modified - April 6^th by samuel_carradice	Historic Photographs Of Nyth Y Gigfran Last modified - April 6^th by grahami	Photographs Of Calstock Consols Last modified - April 5^th by Scoggan

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Photographs Of Hill End Last modified - March 11^th by larker	Photographs Of Mountain Mine Last modified - February 25^th by I.A.Recordings	Photographs Of Handlová Last modified - February 25^th by I.A.Recordings
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Photographs Of Vulcan Last modified - January 3^rd by Imageo	Photographs Of Ok Last modified - August 30^th 2018 by Imageo	Photographs Of Cappagh Last modified - June 27^th 2018 by Saundry1946
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Hard Level Gill Fluorspar Plant Stamp Or Dressing Floor United Kingdom / NY Last modified - April 14^th by Jim MacPherson
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Gosforth, Coal Colliery United Kingdom / NZ Last modified - March 16^th by lyons
Hill End Gold Mine Australia Last modified - March 11^th by larker
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Handlová Coal Mine Slovakia Last modified - February 25^th by I.A.Recordings
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Latest Mining & Mine Exploration Documents

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
Bat Rabies UK (91Kb) Other Documents & White Papers Uploaded October 24^th 2018 by ant89
Calverton 1975 (5.24Mb) Technical Documents Uploaded September 26^th 2018 by NeilR
Calverton C4s face 1975 (3.92Mb) Technical Documents Uploaded September 26^th 2018 by NeilR
Pye Hill 1975 (5.58Mb) Technical Documents Uploaded September 22^nd 2018 by NeilR
Wheal Lily (Wendron, Cornwall) in Mining Journal (38Kb) Marketing Material Uploaded August 31^st 2018 by Karl Marx
The discovery of a prehistoric mine in Sussex (646Kb) General Interest Uploaded August 29^th 2018 by carnkie
SUNGUN DISCOVERY INTERVIEW-GSI 2017-B (7.52Mb) Technical Documents Uploaded August 27^th 2018 by Hashem Etminan
Newspaper Article 1870 (240Kb) Other Documents & White Papers Uploaded July 9^th 2018 by Jonesy83

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Bridgework Lower Adit, Llanberis Cu Mine, Eastern Workings by Karl Marx Exposure on that pitch gave me shivers! (danswift)

Floor 11 New Vein Tunnel Entrance Oakeley 1980s by grahami I did it, but in my own Land Rover, with someone who was on good terms with Will Roberts :-) (JohnnearCfon)

Floor 11 New Vein Tunnel Entrance Oakeley 1980s by grahami No comment left (SimonRL)

Moorgreen Colliery by pbripley No comment left (Cuban Bloodhound)

Tunnel entrance by snap That got my undivided attention! (legendrider)

Draycott Cross Colliery by snap Some stunning pics in here (legendrider)

Floor 11 New Vein Tunnel Entrance Oakeley 1980s by grahami No comment left (SimonRL)

Nyth-y-Gigfran 1980s - Platforms by grahami No comment left (Willy Eckerslyke)

Floor 11 New Vein Tunnel Entrance Oakeley 1980s by grahami I regret never going on that trip (Willy Eckerslyke)

Tyres by ttxela Dad, are you SURE this is the Adventure Play Barn? (legendrider)