Mine Exploration & Mining History

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Photographs Of Carnelloe Consols Last modified - July 19^th by Saundry1946	Photographs Of Morv Ah Consls Sn Lt Last modified - July 19^th by Saundry1946	Photographs Of Burnside Quarry Last modified - July 19^th by Steven Crighton
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AditNow arranges a calendar of events and meets for mine explorers and mining heritage enthusiasts each year. These range from trips for beginners to sporting SRT style explorations, to walks around sites of historic interest, to organised visits to working mines.

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Photographs Of Cappagh Last modified - June 27^th by Saundry1946	Photographs Of Glandore Last modified - June 26^th by Saundry1946	Photographs Of Ballyhickey Last modified - June 26^th by Saundry1946
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Photographs Of Braunschweig-Lüneburg Last modified - January 9^th by AdM Michael	Photographs Of Avoca Last modified - January 6^th by John_Smith	Historic Photographs Of Warrego Last modified - December 14^th 2017 by B175
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Burnside Slate Quarry United Kingdom / NO Last modified - July 19^th by Steven Crighton
Gamallt Lead Mine United Kingdom / SH Last modified - July 9^th by Karl Marx
East Birch Tor Tin Mine United Kingdom / SX Last modified - July 8^th by Karl Marx
Whiteworks Tin Mine United Kingdom / SX Last modified - July 8^th by Karl Marx

Latest Mining & Mine Exploration Documents

Newspaper Article 1870 (240Kb) Other Documents & White Papers Uploaded July 9^th by Jonesy83
Croesor Railway Map (154Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded July 9^th by Jonesy83
Notice of Auction, Wheal Mudgan (75Kb) Marketing Material Uploaded July 2^nd by Karl Marx
Wheal Harrison (59Kb) General Interest Uploaded June 25^th by Nicho
Relistian 'Tynn work' in 1696 (631Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded June 16^th by Karl Marx
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

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Boscawen Diagonal Shaft by Martin Bull No comment left (lovedayone)

Boscawen Diagonal Shaft entrance, 06/2018. by Martin Bull No comment left (lovedayone)

Wheal Hazard Shaft by wheal No comment left (lovedayone)

Wheal Jenkin by Scoggan That's solved an issue for me - thanks! (Alec)

Adit looking directly into the entrance. by buzzard No comment left (Dale)

STOCKPILE AT 900 FOOT LEVEL by carnkie All that salt and the Jeep still skidded (legendrider)

STOCKPILE AT 900 FOOT LEVEL by carnkie Wow! (Willy Eckerslyke)

STOCKPILE AT 900 FOOT LEVEL by carnkie No comment left (Cuban Bloodhound)

Lofthouse c.1981 by ncbnik one cage, 2 decks.no counterweight. downcast shaft (lofthouse)

Lofthouse c.1981 by ncbnik remember it like yesterday, top red door, painters, nxt bogie repair shop, main building powerhouse, right electric shop, B shaft headgear. (lofthouse)