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stuey
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14 years ago

North Cliffs, which is north of the main mining district (Camborne Redruth) had a pretty big cliff fall recently. There are a couple of small workings in the area, for Lead, if I recall correctly.

Now, as amazing as this is, what on earth are these people doing filming something which at the beginning shows no real evidence of moving?

Mineral collectors with some bang?

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sinker
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14 years ago

Did that have a "helping hand...??"

Yma O Hyd....

RJV
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14 years ago

Dunno, cliffs collapse like that all the time in Cleveland. Just generally - though not always - on a smaller scale.

Likely it started with small pieces not visible on the film and ended up as the big collapse.

Edd
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14 years ago

Come on own up whos been poking it :lol:

'I started reading it with full intention to read it all and then got bored and went and got beer instead!'

carnkie
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14 years ago

"stuey" wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVjr4mii3cE

North Cliffs, which is north of the main mining district (Camborne Redruth) had a pretty big cliff fall recently. There are a couple of small workings in the area, for Lead, if I recall correctly.

Now, as amazing as this is, what on earth are these people doing filming something which at the beginning shows no real evidence of moving?

Mineral collectors with some bang?

As far as I'm aware Stuey the footage was taken by Cornwall Council Soils and Materials Engineer Richard Hocking.
Richard was keeping an eye on a large crack in the cliff when the stunning natural drama unfolded on October 3rd. But of course I could be wrong. 🙂

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

derrickman
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14 years ago

cliff failures in Cornwall are hardly unknown, and the sequence of events is well known. I'd heard on the grapevine that this one had been under scrutiny for quite some time.

''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.

christwigg
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14 years ago

"stuey" wrote:

Mineral collectors with some bang?

Well if it was they are buried under a few millions tonnes of rocks now. 😉

Looks entirely natural to me. Video would have been pretty dull if they left in however long they waited at the front.

derrickman
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14 years ago

they were quite likely filmed over a period of time, to monitor the ongoing development of the crack, this would be quite usual. So it's probably fortuitous that the fall was actually caught on camera, but always a possible outcome of the ongoing procedure.

''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.

rikj
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14 years ago

Well, I'm glad I saw that, as it has led me to become an early adopter of the Wadsworth Constant.

wheal
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14 years ago

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And 10 days later.....

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGlTPumqidQE%26NR%3D1&h=0AQCl8NxoAQD6xBvK402jCjOZn_phk7qKladOzHv74l4K6Q

poke around long enough and you'll find something..

ttxela
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14 years ago

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"wheal" wrote:
And 10 days later.....

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGlTPumqidQE%26NR%3D1&h=0AQCl8NxoAQD6xBvK402jCjOZn_phk7qKladOzHv74l4K6Q

Hmmm I can't see anything happening, I was waiting for the piano player to slide past... 🙂

stuey
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14 years ago

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Looking closer, there appears to be some sort of structure (lode/X-course) in the cliff. It still looks dodgy.

There is one of a similar magnitude waiting to happen at Wheal Fox headland at Porthtowan. That's going to make a proper mess when it goes.

In the usual vein of the hysteria which surrounds dangerous stuff, I'm really really surprised they don't go up with some bang and bring it down when all the emmets aren't about.

ICLOK
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13 years ago

#13

Next thing is they'll do a risk assessment and fence the cliffs off..... with those big grey spiked safety fences!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!

RJV
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13 years ago

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"ICLOK" wrote:
Next thing is they'll do a risk assessment and fence the cliffs off..... with those big grey spiked safety fences!!!

Anchor points can be a bit dubious on cliff tops, a good strong fence could have some uses....

carnkie
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13 years ago

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"ICLOK" wrote:
Next thing is they'll do a risk assessment and fence the cliffs off..... with those big grey spiked safety fences!!!

Probably wouldn't work. I'd bumped into these idiots earlier when they staggered out of the pub.

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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

stuey
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13 years ago

#16

The path around to Gooden Heane Cove (spelling? ) has come down (just around the corner from that photo). I gather there are some workings there, but they are a boat job now.

scooptram
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13 years ago

#17

a few years ago some mates did the workings behind the airfield (the one with nothing there :lol: ) and got a right ass kicking from the m.o.d :oops:

rufenig
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13 years ago

#18

The truth is out there
Report on the BBC (so it must be true) of how & why the guy was filming.
Quite interesting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-15246855

derrickman
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13 years ago

#19

"highlight of his career"? Tells you quite a lot about geologists... ::)

''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.

rufenig
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13 years ago

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"derrickman" wrote:
"highlight of his career"? Tells you quite a lot about geologists... ::)

At least he did not become a Geography teacher!