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Had a little jaunt up onto the moors to check out this old lead mine. Temperatures outside were about minus 5C and after taking over half an hour to do 5 miles of a high Pennines single track road that was like an ice rink, we finally found the location and were very pleased to get underground to where it was a bit warmer.
Its not a bad mine this and the bizarre rabbit-warren style construction and good combination of hard rock tunneling and some fine drystone pack walls, plus lots of cool mineralisation made it a nice 6 hour trip with plenty of nooks and crannies to explore, both below and above the workings which we entered.
In from the main drivage we first come to a nice flooded chamber but not having taken wetsuits we didnt bother going further, and instead climbed up a rise to the workings above:
After a few deadends and more climbs, the flats branch out to some nice tunneling:
This was a first attempt at backlighting for me, something I havent done much of in photography but it was a relaxed day with plenty time for playing with cameras
Classic drystone junction of two drivages:
This was my favourite part, lots of lovely natural formations and fresh crotch-deep crystal clear water:
And finally the roadway out where a natural spring forces its way into the mine:
Not a particularly big mine but lots of tunnels and workings to explore both below and above the main level.
Its not a bad mine this and the bizarre rabbit-warren style construction and good combination of hard rock tunneling and some fine drystone pack walls, plus lots of cool mineralisation made it a nice 6 hour trip with plenty of nooks and crannies to explore, both below and above the workings which we entered.
In from the main drivage we first come to a nice flooded chamber but not having taken wetsuits we didnt bother going further, and instead climbed up a rise to the workings above:
After a few deadends and more climbs, the flats branch out to some nice tunneling:
This was a first attempt at backlighting for me, something I havent done much of in photography but it was a relaxed day with plenty time for playing with cameras
Classic drystone junction of two drivages:
This was my favourite part, lots of lovely natural formations and fresh crotch-deep crystal clear water:
And finally the roadway out where a natural spring forces its way into the mine:
Not a particularly big mine but lots of tunnels and workings to explore both below and above the main level.
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