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tom1962
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11 years ago

about to move from suffolk to redruth..mining survey reveals poss 2 shafts in garden which if they are there will have been part of clijah mine..the imfo is very limited and they may not even be there can anyone shed some light any light on the history of this spot. access to get a digger in for a inspection is not poss

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Drillbilly.
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11 years ago

Can you post up a copy of the survey? If they didn't need to drill it, it was deemed fine, or the shafts were dealt with properly. Is it a new rabbit hutch?

tom1962
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11 years ago

we havnt had a survey done..i should have said search not survey...its the search that has thrown up the poss of there being 2 shafts within the property we are buying..they were marked on plan and are situated at the bottom of the garden..the search stated that this information has only just come to light as the people we buying house from had a search done 7 years ago which didnt show up these 2 poss shafts..a proper survey will be difficult...getting machinery in the garden is not poss

Drillbilly.
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11 years ago

A search is a desktop job. You are talking about a site investigation. Namely drilling. The drillers can get a rig indoors, down steps and anywhere. Drilling is expensive and would probably entail a couple of days drilling at about £3k this is usually done at the behest of the mortgage firm following a mine search. They are usually concerned about the confines of the building. If it is a newish build, they will have probably plugged the shafts. I have the paperwork somewhere

Roy Morton
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11 years ago

If you could post a link to Google earth and mark your property I'll troll through the archive.
Some shafts adjoining the playing fields were treated back in the 80's but anything on privately owned land is much up to the owner, as is the method of treatment. Mortgage companies are pretty fussy about shafts or workings within 50 metres of the building.
Curiously though, if you had a shaft next door within 50 metres, they don't seem to bother; liability in another camp.....!

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