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Clayminer
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11 years ago

Just want to introduce myself.

I'm an industrial historian with a particular interest in clays and non-ferrous metals - especially mining.

In the past I've done a fair bit of underground exploration of mine workings in North Wales, the West Midlands and the South West, as well as in IoM.

I've done a fair bit of research and published on West Midlands clay mines but am presently researching Hingston Down Consoles, near Gunnislake, Cornwall.

I've loads of reference photo's of lesser known mine workings, many of them archive and hope to get them up on here asap.

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grahami
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11 years ago

Welcome onboard. Look forward to seeing your photos etc.

Regards

Grahami

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.

Tamarmole
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11 years ago

What aspects of Hingston Down are you looking at?

Drillbilly.
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11 years ago

I have some old caving club trip reports from Hingston Down. It's one on my list of to-dos. Little Miss Joan Shaft is under threat from a hillbilly who owns the land. I was yapping to an old boy who lives in the bungalow as it was daytime and a bit out in the open to "have a look". Matey has already cleared all of the ground around the shaft collar, which is concrete, stands about 5ft high and is VERY WELL SOLLARED.

He was also saying about a laddered shaft "in the woods" which went into allsorts of workings and a farmer had to go down there and shoot a calf with his revolver. (I think this was in the late 50s).

I'm very keen at all times to go down new holes. I gather the quarry holed into some stoping a while ago and it's quite possible the water level could be a lot further down than it used to be. If you're down, give me a shout.