Mine Exploration & Mining History

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Photographs Of Diminsdale Last modified - 4 hours ago by renna01	Photographs Of New High Carr No 3 Last modified - 24 hours ago by A500_Adit	Photographs Of Trewavas Last modified - April 6^th by Karl Marx
Photographs Of Hedley Park Last modified - April 5^th by makapala	Photographs Of Old Grit Last modified - April 4^th by I.A.Recordings	Photographs Of New Central Last modified - April 4^th by I.A.Recordings
Photographs Of Chatterley Whitfield Last modified - April 4^th by I.A.Recordings	Photographs Of Meadowbank Last modified - April 4^th by johnwin	Photographs Of Whiteworks Last modified - April 2^nd by Karl Marx
Photographs Of Parys Mountain Last modified - April 2^nd by dajones	Photographs Of Maeshafn Last modified - March 30^th by gingerlycolors	Photographs Of Penyrorsedd Last modified - March 29^th by Blober
Photographs Of Silver Eye Last modified - March 27^th by AR	Historic Photographs Of Rhiwbach Last modified - March 27^th by TwllMawr	Cambrian Mines Trust Work Days Last modified - March 25^th by royfellows

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Photographs Of Sungun Last modified - March 17^th by Hashem Etminan	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 Mirny Last modified - August 1^st 2019 by carnkie	Historic Photographs Of Ostwig Last modified - July 8^th 2019 by AdM Michael	Historic Photographs Of Great Southern Last modified - July 5^th 2019 by Sigoau
Photographs Of Great Southern Last modified - July 5^th 2019 by Sigoau	Photographs Of Jumna Last modified - July 5^th 2019 by Sigoau	Photographs Of Valentia Last modified - June 19^th 2019 by christwigg
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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Hedley Park Coal Colliery United Kingdom / NZ Last modified - April 5^th by makapala
Old Grit & East Grit Lead Mine United Kingdom / SO Last modified - April 4^th by I.A.Recordings
Middleton Tyas Copper Mine United Kingdom / NZ Last modified - January 23^rd by Jimbo
Brownley Hill Mine Lead Mine United Kingdom / NY Last modified - January 13^th by Mr Mike
Caseker Gill Lead Mine United Kingdom / SD Last modified - January 13^th by christwigg
Draycott Gypsum Mine United Kingdom / SK Last modified - January 6^th by alex17595
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

Latest Mining & Mine Exploration Documents

Interview with Dr Hashem Etminan (1.72Mb) General Interest Uploaded March 17^th by Hashem Etminan
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

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High Carr No.3 by tarboat No comment left (Llion)

Cwm Ystwyth the ravages of time by Mike Alexander Absolute cracker (Red78)

Consett Steelworks. by rodel Hi Rodel great picture I would with credit like to share it onto a Facebook group I have set up for the 40th anniversary of the Closure of the Steelworks (RJudd)

Stone base near railway by christwigg Inspection pits for the locomotive shed i think (Kingfisher60024)

Penyrorsedd Workshop by Blober Proper period photo - superb! (Willy Eckerslyke)

Oakeley Quarry by JonK No comment left (TwllMawr)

Period photo of the Rhiwbach quarry village by TwllMawr Great pic. (Llion)

Period photo of the Rhiwbach quarry village by TwllMawr No comment left (skimble)

Period photo of the Rhiwbach quarry village by TwllMawr Wow what an amazing find well done! Must admit I never appreciated that the buildings were rendered and painted. I naively thought that they were left as bare slate. (sinker)

Oakeley Quarry by JonK No comment left (Willy Eckerslyke)