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simonrl
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18 years ago

Mine Exploration Calendar 2008

OK, here it is, the 2008 Calendar :)

Firstly, this year it was oversubscribed, more people than months. So a decision had to be made about who to include. One or two have been missed out, and apologies to those in whose photos haven't been used. We had to go with those that would print best.

By popular demand the main photo will have a caption (you can see it says 'photo caption' below right of each mine photo.

Could everybody please PM me a suitable caption for the main photo (and main photo only) some time today/tonight please? If you location is a bit iffy then an ambiguous caption is fine :)

Cheers to Orinocco for the original design which I've based this year's on (lacking as I do design skills...)

Cover

January / Ferret

February / Miles

March / Simonrl

April / Barney

May / Nimrod

June / Vanoord

July / Clunk

August / Mole

September / Dark Prince

October / Tin Miner

November / Darkstar

December / Mike Leary

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

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grahami
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18 years ago

Looks great - how do I get one please ? (When it's ready, of course)

Graham

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.

simonrl
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18 years ago

Thanks Graham

Hopefully early November they'll go on sale here and on DP (perhaps, if root wants to, otherwise I'll do all that side of it).

Will post on here as soon as they're available 🙂

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

JohnnearCfon
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18 years ago

Yes, it looks very good indeed!

Barney
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18 years ago

A nice touch having some of Mole's classics in there! :thumbsup:

viewer
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18 years ago

Looks great - can't wait to have one here by my desk in not so mine rich Reading.

Will help to keep my mind OFF the job

:thumbsup:

'Learning the ropes'

stevem
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17 years ago

Looks fantastic. Brilliant job.
When/how do you want payment etc..
Cheers
Steve

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest the crotch of the person who
screws up your day and may their arms be too short to scratch.

simonrl
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17 years ago

Some revisions:

July / Clunk

August / Mole

Captions still needed please from:

Vanoord
Tin Miner
Miles

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

simonrl
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17 years ago

"stevem" wrote:
Looks fantastic. Brilliant job.
When/how do you want payment etc..
Cheers
Steve

Thanks Steve, ordering information etc will go up when the calendar is almost back from print; which is likely to be early November (giving tonnes of time to get them out in November and any late orders in December).

Watch this space 🙂

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

Vanoord
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17 years ago

#10

Email sent!

That pic of Mole's is fabulous 🙂

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

Miles
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17 years ago

#11

Looks very pukka indeed! Well done.

The colours on many of them somehow seem a bit unsaturated, is that because it's set for CMYK print now?

err, caption for the main picture, umm, how about "SimonRL on a Limestone Bridge".

simonrl
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17 years ago

#12

"'The' Miles" wrote:
Looks very pukka indeed! Well done.

The colours on many of them somehow seem a bit unsaturated, is that because it's set for CMYK print now?

err, caption for the main picture, umm, how about "SimonRL on a Limestone Bridge".

Thank you for the caption. You'll not mind I hope if I change it to 'explorer on a limestone bridge'?

And yes, what you're looking at there are RGB screengrabs of CMYK PDFs.

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

Miles
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17 years ago

#13

No that's fine, whatever suits. Don't you want to identifiable? :lol:

simonrl
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17 years ago

#14

Just for reference, the captions in month order. Any problems say today please :)

Ferret: Hand winch, Box Freestone mines, Cliffworks section

Miles: Limestone bridge, Milwr Tunnel

SimonRL: Winch, Blaenau region

Barney: Returning to Cwmorthin

Nimrod: Coniston Copper mines, artefacts in the top level extension

Vanoord: The 'Lefel Dwr' drainage tunnel beneath the waste tips in Blaenau Ffestiniog

Clunk: Crane, Box Freestone mines, Cliffworks section

Mole: Reserve explosives station, Carrock Wolfram (Tungsten) mine, Cumbria

Dark Prince: Monkton Farleigh conveyor

Tin Miner: Old wagon on the bottom level cross-cut of Bellan mine, Cornwall

Darkstar: Mine pearls, Browns Folly

Mike Leary: Monkton Farleigh district 11, 1938 abandoned 'Jessica' workings

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

Vanoord
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17 years ago

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"simonrl" wrote:
Just for reference, the captions in month order. Any problems say today please :)

Ferret: Hand winch, Box Freestone mines, Cliffworks section

Miles: Limestone bridge, Milwr Tunnel

SimonRL: Winch, Blaenau region

Barney: Returning to Cwmorthin

Nimrod: Coniston Copper mines, artefacts in the top level extension

Vanoord: The 'Lefel Dwr' drainage tunnel beneath the waste tips in Blaenau Ffestiniog

Clunk: Crane, Box Freestone mines, Cliffworks section

Mole: Reserve explosives station, Carrock Wolfram (Tungsten) mine, Cumbria

Dark Prince: Monkton Farleigh conveyor

Tin Miner: Old wagon on the bottom level cross-cut of Bellan mine, Cornwall

Darkstar: Mine pearls, Browns Folly

Mike Leary: Monkton Farleigh district 11, 1938 abandoned 'Jessica' workings

At risk of causing trouble, I'm going to suggest the following modifications to the captions to bring them into a bit more alignment:

Ferret: Crab winch, Cliftworks area of Box Freestone quarry - Slight change

Miles: Limestone bridge, Milwr Tunnel - No change

SimonRL: Winch, Blaenau Ffestiniog slate mine - Slight change

Barney: Haulage floor, Blaenau Ffestiniog slate mine - Slight change

Nimrod: Artefacts in the top level extension, Coniston Copper Mines - Order changed

Vanoord: 'Lefel Dwr' drainage tunnel, Blaenau Ffestiniog - This was messy... :oops:

Clunk: Crane, Cliftworks area of Box Freestone quarry - Slight change

Mole: Reserve explosives station, Carrock Wolfram (Tungsten) mine, Cumbria - No change

Dark Prince: Conveyor, Monkton Farleigh - Order changed: is it worth adding what District this is in?

Tin Miner: Old Wagon, bottom level cross-cut of Bellan Mine, Cornwall - Slight change to wording

Darkstar: Mine pearls, Browns Folly - No change

Mike Leary: 1938 abandoned 'Jessica' workings, Monkton Farleigh District 11 - Order changed - is the 'Jessica' name needed?

===

Any thoughts / comments / objections / flaming?

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

simonrl
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17 years ago

#16

The 2008 calendar has just become the 2009 calendar

*sigh*

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

JohnnearCfon
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17 years ago

#17

"simonrl" wrote:
The 2008 calendar has just become the 2009 calendar

*sigh*

How did that happen?

simonrl
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17 years ago

#18

"JohnnearCfon" wrote:

"simonrl" wrote:
The 2008 calendar has just become the 2009 calendar

*sigh*

How did that happen?

Fear not, I was joking 😞

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

Vanoord
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17 years ago

#19

My suggested last-minute changes to the captions! - fear not, there will be a 2008 calendar and it will be with everyone before Christmas. Trust in SimonRL 🙂

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

JohnnearCfon
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17 years ago

#20

While we are on the subject, can I increase my order to 2 please?