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spodge
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Newbie Topic Starter

10 years ago

This may sound a silly question, but would there be old mine shafts under slag mounds/heaps etc. Does anyone know??

Also could someone put these, deleted , into a map and see if they are roughly in the same place as I think they are. This would be a great help if anyone could look for me.

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rufenig
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Newbie

10 years ago

It is very possible that in areas with an extended history of mining that waste was tipped over old workings which had been forgotten.
Record keeping was often poor on older mines and the mapping of shafts and features could be inaccurate.
Records are lost and word of mouth is all that is left.
(You ask 6 people where the old shaft was and get 7 different answers!)

Morlock
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Newbie

10 years ago

rufenig sums it up well.

If you need to locate a position using the x-y co-ordinate system enter them in the boxes provided, hover over the pin and you get Lat/Long and NGR that everyone understands.

http://www.gridreferencefinder.com/index.php?x=530046&y=179914#

The difference between your sets of references will be 1 metre.

Edit: Looks like a pond in Ladymoor Road?

spodge
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Newbie Topic Starter

10 years ago

Thanks both of you.
http://gridreferencefinder.com/?gr=SO9429595183 |394295_s__c__s_295183|2,SO9488395216|394883_s__c__s_295216|2&v=h

Does anyone think there is an error??

Sorry to be a pain.:confused:

Morlock
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Newbie

10 years ago

The push pins are 587 metres apart using the line drawing tool so something is not right! This could be good news if any survey positions are found to be in error.

If we didn't like pain we would not be on this forum.;D

rufenig
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Newbie

10 years ago

I think that the Coal Authority have tried to collate every piece of mining information that they can find. However I believe that the reliability of some of their sources may be questionable.
The Coal authority database seems to be being used as the definative source of mining risk data. This means that they need to prevent any claim from providing incorrect information.

For them to give an "all clear" on a report puts them at some risk if things do go wrong.
If they answer that their records show a "potential" danger and further investigation (by drilling) is required then they have fullfilled their "duty of care" and minimised any possible claim of negigence.