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LAP
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17 years ago

Are there actually any ore mines still accessible within the Furness district other than the unstable Daylight Hole?

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Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

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Oh yes 😉

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LAP
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17 years ago

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I haven't heard much about them; 😞
any which don't involve neck deep water?

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

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"LAP" wrote:
I haven't heard much about them; 😞
any which don't involve neck deep water?

Oh .... deeper than that 😉

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LAP
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17 years ago

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"Colonel Mustard" wrote:

"LAP" wrote:
I haven't heard much about them; 😞
any which don't involve neck deep water?

Oh .... deeper than that 😉

Ah yes wel.. I was aware that many were flooded 😞
But can any actually be entered apart from Daylight Hole?

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

#6

Oh yes 😉

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LAP
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17 years ago

#7

Whitriggs Horse Level perhaps? (was on list of "mines nearby" on Daylight Hole page - mine-explorer.co.uk)

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

#8

PM Sent LAP,

But if anyone is interested in this subject I highly reccomend this book :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Moor-History-Whitriggs-Haematite/dp/095129461X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206475691&sr=8-1

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sparty_lea
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17 years ago

#9

Alen Mcfadzean, the author of that book, wrote a short one on Wythburn Mine and Helvelyn which is also well worth reading.

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Those that understand binary and those that do not!

sparty_lea
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17 years ago

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Alen Mcfadzean, the author of that book, wrote a short one on Wythburn Mine and Helvelyn which is also well worth reading.

There are 10 types of people in the world.

Those that understand binary and those that do not!

Moorebooks
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17 years ago

#11

Wythburn Mine and Helvelyn - I do have a copy for sale

Mike

Monty Stubble
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17 years ago

#12

Have a crack at Ding-Dong - well recommended, especially if you're interested in Dead Cows Heads, Whitriggs Horse Level is a bit shaky but lots to see + some nice natural stuff. Henning Valley Cave on the other side of the Valley is a bit thrutchy but fascinating.

Finally there is a large hole in between Bell Hill and the Abbatoir which is pretty interesting but rather wet this time of year.

They all share one thing in common. They are DISGUSTINGLY DIRTY! 😉

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
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LAP
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17 years ago

#13

Ah - I think Whitriggs horse level is now collapsed or it was quite recently, does anyone knw if any repair effort has been put in?

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

Monty Stubble
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17 years ago

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I was afraid it might. I used to keep the key for it and the last time I was in there I rather thought it didn't have long. Good easy dig though. I suspect it will have collapsed where the tunnel hits the bedrock.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Henry David Thoreau

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17 years ago

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"Monty Stubble" wrote:
I was afraid it might. I used to keep the key for it and the last time I was in there I rather thought it didn't have long. Good easy dig though. I suspect it will have collapsed where the tunnel hits the bedrock.

Would it be worth some of us having a dig through at some point?

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

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"Monty Stubble" wrote:
I suspect it will have collapsed where the tunnel hits the bedrock.

From Memory (its about a year ago) the timbers are suffering somewhat, but still in place and holding the entrance open. The blockage is in the form of a large run-in from the ceiling of clay mud and is something like a couple of hundred meters inbye.

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Monty Stubble
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17 years ago

#17

You don't mean on the long adit , way inbye do you? That was always run.

Or was it at the junction at the end of the entrance adit?

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
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17 years ago

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"Monty Stubble" wrote:
You don't mean on the long adit , way inbye do you? That was always run.

Or was it at the junction at the end of the entrance adit?

As I recall, it was at the junction.... (Where there is abranch to the right ?)

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Monty Stubble
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17 years ago

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"Colonel Mustard" wrote:

"Monty Stubble" wrote:
You don't mean on the long adit , way inbye do you? That was always run.

Or was it at the junction at the end of the entrance adit?

As I recall, it was at the junction.... (Where there is abranch to the right ?)

Should be an easy dig then.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Henry David Thoreau

LAP
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17 years ago

#20

I'd be willing to help if we were to dig it out (can do weekdays after about 4.30 and all day at weekends)

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai