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UK and international mines as well as tens of thousands of photos of mines and a vast resource of mining articles and historical documents.

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Pike Law East Lead Mine United Kingdom / NY Last modified - May 29^th by Jim MacPherson
Pike Law West Lead Mine United Kingdom / NY Last modified - May 29^th by Jim MacPherson
Sungun Copper Mine Iran Last modified - May 22^nd by Jimbo
The Tremar Coombe Fuse Works Factory United Kingdom / SX Last modified - May 22^nd by Scoggan
Tremar Fuse Works Factory United Kingdom / SX Last modified - May 19^th by Scoggan

Latest Mining & Mine Exploration Documents

LLCo area plan (624Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 30^th by PeteJ
1968 sketch survey Low Level (14Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 30^th by PeteJ
History of Discovery of Sungun Porphyry Copper Deposit-Iran (55.30Mb) General Interest Uploaded April 28^th by Hashem Etminan
Enrick copper mine sections (2.09Mb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 22^nd by Tim Colman
Wheal Pool Notional plan (286Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 19^th by Dave43
Watts Grove Plantation Sketch (96Kb) Map / Survey Uploaded April 18^th by LeeW
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

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An adit’s grand view. by TwllMawr Lovely evening (Willy Eckerslyke)

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Amos & Francis 1859 Patent Pumping Engine by grahami No comment left (Willy Eckerslyke)

Pretties upstairs, 2019 by royfellows No comment left (Coggy)

Vulcan Tin Mine Head-frame by Imageo No comment left (ttxela)

Upper exit adit by davel No comment left (Teigl)

Open chamber by davel No comment left (Teigl)

South Crofty - by Dolcoathguy Alimak is the name of this lift (JKendall)

The keystone by DanH At least the date stone is still there but it's aged quite a bit over 45 years (Jim MacPherson)

Shaft on Sutton Vein 1971 by Dickie Bird A fine study in concentration, questionable with an updraught and I wonder if it's been tried on a coal mine shaft? (Jim MacPherson)