Mine Exploration & Mining History

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Exploring with Fighters - a warning to all mine explorers, cavers and URBEXers January 31^st by risy76115

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Latest UK mining history & mine exploration photographs

Photographs Of Norwich Last modified - 41 hours ago by I.T.A.E	Photographs Of Parys Mountain Last modified - February 13^th by dajones	Photographs Of Cromford Sough Last modified - February 10^th by AR
Photographs Of Thoralby Last modified - February 6^th by Red78	Historic Photographs Of Grosmont Ironworks Last modified - February 3^rd by edjones	Historic Photographs Of Glaisdale Last modified - February 3^rd by edjones
Historic Photographs Of Groverake Last modified - February 3^rd by Jim MacPherson	Photographs Of Oakeley Last modified - February 1^st by RAMPAGE	Historic Photographs Of Hope Level Last modified - January 28^th by Jim MacPherson
Photographs Of Meldon Last modified - January 25^th by Scoggan	Photographs Of Bacheiddon Last modified - January 23^rd by Dickie Bird	Historic Photographs Of Cromford & High Peak Railway Last modified - January 23^rd by Dickie Bird
Historic Photographs Of Diffwys Last modified - January 13^th by ChrisBones69	Photographs Of Walbottle Blucher Pit Last modified - January 9^th by Dr Watson	Photographs Of Diglake Colliery Last modified - January 5^th by staffordshirechina

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Photographs Of Victoria Battery Last modified - November 30^th 2019 by B175	Photographs Of Martha Last modified - November 30^th 2019 by B175	Photographs Of Sungun Last modified - October 12^th 2019 by Hashem Etminan
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Historic Photographs Of Balmain Colliery Last modified - April 23^rd 2019 by larker	Photographs Of Hill End Last modified - March 11^th 2019 by larker	Photographs Of Mountain Mine Last modified - February 25^th 2019 by I.A.Recordings
Photographs Of Handlová Last modified - February 25^th 2019 by I.A.Recordings	Historic Photographs Of Erith Last modified - February 9^th 2019 by larker	Photographs Of Erith Last modified - February 9^th 2019 by larker

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Middleton Tyas Copper Mine United Kingdom / NZ Last modified - January 23^rd by Jimbo
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Caseker Gill Lead Mine United Kingdom / SD Last modified - January 13^th by christwigg
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Baronsquay Salt Mine United Kingdom / SJ Last modified - January 3^rd by jakeplumb
Bwlch Groes Lead Mine United Kingdom / SH Last modified - January 3^rd by TwllMawr
British Salt Mine United Kingdom / SJ Last modified - January 3^rd by jakeplumb
Pool Salt Mine United Kingdom / SJ Last modified - January 3^rd by jakeplumb
Pant-Y-Pwll Dwr Limestone Quarry United Kingdom / SJ Last modified - January 2^nd by jakeplumb
Dragonby Iron Mine United Kingdom / SE Last modified - January 2^nd by jakeplumb

Latest Mining & Mine Exploration Documents

Interview with Dr Hashem Etminan (9.40Mb) Trip / Report Uploaded January 7^th by Hashem Etminan
Acid Mine Water Remediation (401Kb) General Interest Uploaded January 3^rd by neutronix
Simdde Dylluan NewsPpr 1874 (55Kb) General Interest Uploaded November 24^th 2019 by TwllMawr
Hay Royds 1997 (3.85Mb) General Interest Uploaded October 8^th 2019 by christwigg
NAMHO 2019 Review paper. (394Kb) Other Documents & White Papers Uploaded September 3^rd 2019 by royfellows
LLCo area plan (624Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 30^th 2019 by PeteJ
1968 sketch survey Low Level (14Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 30^th 2019 by PeteJ
History of Discovery of Sungun Porphyry Copper Deposit-Iran (55.30Mb) General Interest Uploaded April 28^th 2019 by Hashem Etminan
Enrick copper mine sections (2.09Mb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 22^nd 2019 by Tim Colman
Wheal Pool Notional plan (286Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 19^th 2019 by Dave43
Watts Grove Plantation Sketch (96Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 18^th 2019 by LeeW
Fine Burn Iron Mine (58Kb) General Interest Uploaded March 8^th 2019 by colin567
Ffos-y-Bleiddiaid sketch SH9376 (1.25Mb) Map / Survey Uploaded March 6^th 2019 by johnwin
Gwynfynydd Visitor Guide 1993 (8.06Mb) Tourist Guides Uploaded January 25^th 2019 by Wyn
magpie mine (53Kb) General Interest Uploaded January 24^th 2019 by carnkie

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Cave on mineralised fault/lode on Portquin beach. by Imageo Very interesting area! Apparently the shaft closest to the sea does drop in to the adit: https://www.aditnow.co.uk/community/viewtopic.aspx?p=192592#msg192620 (aricooperdavis)

CHinese Zipwire Notice by grahami Dinsey World North Korea (legendrider)

Timbered Level by RAMPAGE Lovely photo. Is it as old as it looks? (sinker)

Timbered Level by RAMPAGE No comment left (Cuban Bloodhound)

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The famous wagon. by ferret No comment left (Basti1988)

Timbered Level by RAMPAGE interesting photo! is it actually in slate out of interest? there were similar levels to this in Oakeley (dwarrowdelf)

Timbered Level by RAMPAGE No comment left (dwarrowdelf)

Crusher by christwigg No comment left (Red78)

Maldon Quarry by Scoggan The air of desolation has been captured well - the Dartmoor Railway rolling stock storage just seems to add to it all somehow. I read in the railway press that the Dartmoor Railway/Weardale Railway's American holding company is letting go of these e (Alec)