OK own up! Which of you is responsible for this excellent and interesting site? :thumbup:

http://www.cornishmineimages.co.uk/ 

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Ah, a recently refound mate of mine :thumbsup:

Why not email Mr Jones and find out? There is a contact tab 😉

He will be very pleased indeed with your compliments.

http://www.cornishmineimages.co.uk/index.php?p=1_3_Contact 

I think he is a more frequent visitor to the Mine Explorer site than this one.

Good Idea, I have done so, as there is good picture of Harriet engine house shaft during capping in the Dolcoath section that I would like to know more about (like when was it)

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That's a cracker :thumbsup:

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What a corking site

My only concern is that being familiar with how sensitive underground access is in the south west, and what with the attitude of local authorities down there, is it wise to advertise that access is not only possible but being used.
There are some sites featured in the underground photos that I wont name, but you know where this is going.

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What a wonderful site... great images of Cornwall's mining past. I must say that I share Roy's concerns on some of the sites contained. Perhaps the gentleman concerned might take Roy's comment on board and post accordingly. Good luck with the site, and keep uploading the great images.
Regards Tin Miner

Some cracking pictures on this site and good to see that real film and wet process darkroom techniques are alive and well.
Moving on.......I have to agree with both Roy and Tin Miner, (hello by the way), U/G access in Cornwall is a priviledge we can't afford to lose by too much publicity.
There are many sites I have photographed that I can't put up on this site for fear of the jobsworth-doogoodin-health and efficiency bods that would like to see every hole in the county plugged.
I just wish that the same approach to the pastime that is enjoyed by explorers in other parts of the country, such as Shropshire and Derbyshire to name but two, could be adopted by the Cornish authorities.
It's not like this hasn't been tried in the past, there was the Cornwall Underground Access Group, which tried very hard indeed to open a working dialogue with the County Council.
I have to admit that there was some exchange of ideas as far as capping of shafts was concerned, but when it came to the subject of access there was little progress.
The BCA insurance scheme is a benefit to getting access across land and breaking the ice with landowners and farmers etc, but it's a pity that this cannot be more broadly accepted.

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It is a little sad that a mine exploration site (or any mining site) cannot post images of underground exploration without worrying about Officials chasing it up. With all the government cut backs can they afford to get someone to scour the internet and then make lots of site visits with a view to spending more money to plug shafts, many of which are only accessible by arrangement with a landowner?
I hope that some dialogue with local explorers would be entered into in the future, even if it was not 100% sucessful in the past.

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It would be worth pointing out at this stage that one of the mineral owners that owns quite a chunk of underground in Cornwall does view this site and others as they do have an interest in mining as you would expect. As a result of seeing modern images of one particular mine, access is to be lost and anyone caught in there at present will face the consequences.

As I have said on a number of occasions, there is apart from the tourist mines and mines where the is legal controlled access, everywhere else entry is not legal, so if you take images it is best not to post them on the web where they can be seen, even if they are as good as Mr Jones's.

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He is not an unreasonable guy. I am confident that if you contacted him and explained your concerns to him sensibly he would understand where you are coming from.

I agree with Peter. None of this should have been discussed in open forum but sent via PMs or better still to Mr. Jones. If the landowner you are so concerned about was not aware of this site, he is now. 😞

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A landowner only has to put the name of a mine into google, thats all it takes. Just tried a 'sensitive' one and bingo, 3rd page.

Of course, there is 28DL as well.
The Internet is a double edged weapon.

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For those who work at a certain mine they know all about 28DL .... :guns:

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I am told that some changes have already been made. If there are still some captions that cause concern please PM me or contact Simon directly.

I'm aware that Simon is much more at large than on that site and is a very interesting chap indeed.

However, some of these are pretty classic trips or old photos (check the Jane cart).

I get the sentiment which is why I personally don't publish any photo outside of that irritating social networking site!

I see the point of stopping the mindless and thoughtless H & S fanatics, but it is an awful shame to have to be so secretive.
Living well outside the mining area in question, and getting too rickety to do much in the way of u/g exploring myself, much of my pleasure comes from viewing what others have been able to do. I've been researching for over 30 years, and part of the joy comes from knowing which mine I'm looking at.

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There is also the uncle of all f&%* ups in terms of the "R" word.

ie:- What happens when some emmet or woe betide, explorer finds themselves in a little bit more trouble than they anticipated and then the massive beast which is the protocol for dealing with these sorts of things grinds into gradual action.

When someone snuffs it in a mine, which at some point has a probability of happening, there will be all sorts of people running around pointing fingers and they will point them at the holes, rather than themselves.

We've already had people from the local force getting all overly concerned about people going down holes and checking these boards to see what "we" are up to.

Micromanagement gone maaaaaaaayyyyde!

Anyway, I'm sure they are busy practicing how to make an even more complicated birds nest out of ropes.

(all tongue in cheek).

Nice to see a topic about photos of mines has gone completely ot again but no surprise, anyway some fantastic photos of sites.

Hey stu fancy actually coming along and seeing what really goes on, you could join myself in being hauled up a shaft (in or out of a stretcher) and see this "beast" as it actually is, you never know it may not be as we keep being portrayed

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Cheers for the offer Jim, I'll stick with my angry dogma though! :lol: