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chriscambo25
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13 years ago

#21

I remember passing cambo in the 90s and early 2000s and some of the buildings still had working lights at night long after the mine had shut-. It would have been better to ask this a few years ago when these mines were much more intact but what would be the chances of taking on and managing such sites as heritage projects,would there be any scope for Cambo or Groverake to ever become visitor centres similar to Killhope ,
Or the Carrs mine?

jagman
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13 years ago

#22

"chriscambo25" wrote:
I remember passing cambo in the 90s and early 2000s and some of the buildings still had working lights at night long after the mine had shut-. It would have been better to ask this a few years ago when these mines were much more intact but what would be the chances of taking on and managing such sites as heritage projects,would there be any scope for Cambo or Groverake to ever become visitor centres similar to Killhope ,
Or the Carrs mine?

Groverake is supposed to be demolished and the site returned to natural (yeh right, whats natural in that valley?)
It was a condition of the original planning permision.
All trace is supposed to be erradicated when mining ceased.

The owner has apparently asked that the headstock be allowed to remain

Boy Engineer
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13 years ago

#23

Is the New Life in Old Veins film still available?

Peteraf
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13 years ago

#24

That would depend on a lot of things re a visitor centre I think I would start with a good plan of the area (sort of mini EIA) to be covered then start getting a bit of local feed back

ian S
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13 years ago

#25

I called into Cambo today and noticed that another item is missing, the old ventilation fan above the horse level is gone as well, someone is systematically stripping the site, at this rate the place will be all but gone very soon. :curse:

I am a mole and i live in a hole !

hodgy_7
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13 years ago

#26

hi all.. after reading this i decided ho have a look up and was saddend to see the buildings burned to the ground.. the ramps have definatly been made for access i was there last year and the ramp was to steep for the jeep this time i could have easily drove up. also all the material the ramp is made of looks like from another site.(looks like sh1t dug from the top soil of a ploughed field) 😉

Manxman
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13 years ago

#27

Same goes for Groverake: dropped in there yesterday afternoon for a wander round what's left of the site - buildings trashed, no. 1 winder house in a state of serious collapse, 1977 adit presumably flooded because of the roof fall just inbye and really not worth exploring - it must be far worse further in, firestone incline the same. Glad I still have pics & videos of the place while it was still working, and memories of what was underground.

hodgy_7
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13 years ago

#28

i just added a pic of the winder house at GR. wanted to go under at gr sounds like ive left it to late. im gonna have to hurry up before everywhere disappears.

bucyrus man
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13 years ago

#29

On holiday in area and after reading comments visited both sites, they really are in a mess, one thing that is obvious is ease of access and isolated locations. Also visited Allenhead, do not know importance of site but fairly well preserved.
Pushing on to Coniston now can anyone suggest the most accessable mines in that area

chriscambo25
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13 years ago

#30

I believe you can still access groverake through a tight squeeze then by wading through a good distance of crotch deep water- has the level closed up entirely now ?

ebgb
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13 years ago

#31

"chriscambo25" wrote:
I believe you can still access groverake through a tight squeeze then by wading through a good distance of crotch deep water- has the level closed up entirely now ?

rake level was still accessible a couple of weeks back, there's a fall 50' in or so. you can get over the fall easily enough, although theres still bits coming down.

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