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UK and international mines as well as tens of thousands of photos of mines and a vast resource of mining articles and historical documents.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 - 63 minutes ago by dajones	Photographs Of Dollar Last modified - 36 hours ago by Karl Marx	Historic Photographs Of Redburn Last modified - May 21^st by Jim MacPherson
Photographs Of Alltycrib Last modified - May 20^th by royfellows	Photographs Of Polgooth South Last modified - May 19^th by Scoggan	Photographs Of Tregardock Last modified - May 18^th by Karl Marx
Photographs Of Cwmystwyth Last modified - May 14^th by royfellows	Cambrian Mines Trust Work Days Last modified - May 14^th by royfellows	Photographs Of Coed Mawr Pool Last modified - May 12^th by Vanoord
Photographs Of Coed Mawr Pool Last modified - May 12^th by Vanoord	Photographs Of Trevose Last modified - May 12^th by Karl Marx	Photographs Of Treasure South Last modified - May 11^th by Karl Marx
Photographs Of Upper Silica Last modified - May 11^th by royfellows	Photographs Of Boulby Last modified - May 7^th by WayneM	Photographs Of Boulby Last modified - May 7^th by WayneM

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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 Beaconsfield Last modified - March 21^st by larker	Photographs Of 79 Last modified - February 17^th by nwminer	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	Historic Photographs Of Sungun Last modified - December 6^th 2017 by Jimbo
Historic Photographs Of Silvermines Last modified - November 29^th 2017 by Minegeo	Photographs Of Storbo Last modified - November 12^th 2017 by nwminer	Historic Photographs Of Groote Eylandt Last modified - September 27^th 2017 by swansea
Historic Photographs Of Mt Tom Price Last modified - September 27^th 2017 by swansea	Photographs Of Foxdale Mine (Cross Vein Mine) Last modified - September 4^th 2017 by B175	Photographs Of Katoomba Colliery Last modified - June 29^th 2017 by SimonRL
Photographs Of Hohenassel Oilwell Last modified - April 5^th 2017 by AdM Michael	Photographs Of Bochnia Last modified - March 13^th 2017 by Edd	Photographs Of Sachtleben Last modified - December 27^th 2016 by AdM Michael

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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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Hucknall colliery by am500 really nice to see a female miner too! (RAMPAGE)

Cableway down by staffordshirechina Zipline... wooo... (RAMPAGE)

Hucknall colliery by am500 My dad is the far left standing up Ray Brown I am so proud to be a miner’s daughter n I love my dad loads (K8t84)

Jalainur opencast coal mine by tarboat No comment left (inbye)

Empty coal train in Jalainur opencast mine by tarboat No comment left (mamigele)

Pump rod deviation mechanism by Willy Eckerslyke One so seldom sees pump rods in situ ! Thanks. (Boscawenincline)

Waterwheel by royfellows One of the best photos I've seen of this subject (davel)

Helston Valley Tin Co by lermantof No comment left (Karl Marx)

Strange Building... by LAP ROC post, takes me back, used to work at sandside many moons ago. (poosticker83)

Unknown by SimonRL Ohhh that old thing...Perfectly inocent looking adit, ahem...nothing to see here. What's that hose going in through the bars? (sinker)