Hello, I have been past Routh level

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mooncat
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13 years ago

a few times and have had a brief look for an access into the mine. I'm interested in going into Routh and Fox, can anyone give me an idea of the acesses into these mines please, Cheers, bob.

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christwigg
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13 years ago

Routh Level is short distance east of those kiln, look for some rocks covering the entrance at the head of the waste tip

Was in there a couple of months ago and it was sumped to the roof a couple of hundred meters in behind a small collapse (wasn't like that a couple of years ago, was bone dry and you could get all the way to the end)

Fox Level is on the south bank about 250m upstream, again look for a waste tip and then some stones with a barrel underneath at the head of the tip. On the right of the photo basically.

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mooncat
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13 years ago

Thanks Chris, I'm getting my wellies out of the cupboard, stay safe. Bob

christwigg
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13 years ago

If you take a digging tool with you, you should be able to cut a slot down the side of the small collapse and release the water, I got about 6ft with my bare hands before I wore holes in all the fingers of my gloves.

Or it might have gone down anyway with the lack of rain recently.

rikj
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13 years ago

"christwigg" wrote:
If you take a digging tool with you, you should be able to cut a slot down the side of the small collapse and release the water

Where will the water go? From memory it's not draining out of the entrance, so just naturally find it's way out through fissures?

christwigg
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13 years ago

Yes, there must be some natural drainage through the limestone somewhere as it doesn't come out of the adit as you say.

Although given the weather we had last night, if the water level was down I suspect it no longer is.