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LAP
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17 years ago

Helo all
This is a German slate mine that's been converted to tourist use. There are many other slate mines in the area, and interestingly many Cumbrian tunneling methods were originally from these mines.
Anyone been?

regards

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

JohnnearCfon
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17 years ago

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"LAP" wrote:

"ChrisP" wrote:
No

ok... but has anyone, or rather has anyone wanted to visit

LAP is a vagrant for days!

Wiki has this to say:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_slate_mine_fell

The mine has it's own website, and to save most of us (excluding LAP who is, no doubt, fluent in German) has an English version too:-

http://wirtschaft.fh-trier.de/ri/fell/info/index.php?lan=de

Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

#3

To get this thread back on topic 😉 .....

No, not been LAP. To be honest I find a lot of these tourist mines a disappointment and rather 'plastic'. But, if you go, we will expect a full & detailed report.... In English 😉

STANDBY FOR ACTION!!!!...

Vanoord
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17 years ago

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[mod]I've done a bit of 'gardening'[/mod]

Are you intending to visit Germany in the near future LAP?

Hello again darkness, my old friend...

LAP
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17 years ago

#5

"Vanoord" wrote:

Are you intending to visit Germany in the near future LAP?

Not really, my dad has to go to Germany accasionally in order to do botanical work however.

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

LAP
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17 years ago

#6

"Colonel Mustard" wrote:
To get this thread back on topic 😉 .....

No, not been LAP. To be honest I find a lot of these tourist mines a disappointment and rather 'plastic'. But, if you go, we will expect a full & detailed report.... In English 😉

Oh the plasticness is funny if anything, though can be a bit excessive. A bit off topic, but has anyone noticed that caves in more southern countries don't have as many props, because the caves' formations are so breathtaking that they're not needed. Whereas in White Scar Caves near Settle, a single green coloured formation even has its own name, and is the guides' subject of speech!
From a different point of view some caves in Mallorca even had their own undergroung music concerts :blink: :glare:

:oops: :offtopic:

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

JohnnearCfon
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17 years ago

#7

LAP, did you mean countries or counties?

grahami
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17 years ago

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On a more serious note, a gentleman from Germany named Werner Liebeskind once asked me for information about Blaenau & Plas TanyBwlch etc. I replied and thought no more of it. I was pleasantly surprised therefore, some months later to receive a book on the subject of "Blaues Gold von Lehesten" full of pictures of slate mining and quarrying in Lehesten (which is in Thuringia) - there are some colour shots here:
http://www.lehesten.com/Lehesten___Thuringer_Wald/Aktuelles/Technisches_Denkmal_/technisches_denkmal_.html

If I ever get over there, this looks more interesting and less "plastic" !

Graham

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.

Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

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"LAP" wrote:
A bit off topic, but has anyone noticed that caves in more southern countries don't have as many props, because the caves' formations are so breathtaking that they're not needed. Whereas in White Scar Caves near Settle, a single green coloured formation even has its own name, and is the guides' subject of speech!

I have to say that I have understanding whatsoever why cavers get exstatic over calcite cave formations. Quite possibly ignorance on my side but to me its all a bit comical. Tour guides enthusing about their formations great age are a bit of a yawn. So Idont feel qualified to comment. Even though I appear to have done so.. :bored:

STANDBY FOR ACTION!!!!...

LAP
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17 years ago

#10

"Colonel Mustard" wrote:

"LAP" wrote:
A bit off topic, but has anyone noticed that caves in more southern countries don't have as many props, because the caves' formations are so breathtaking that they're not needed. Whereas in White Scar Caves near Settle, a single green coloured formation even has its own name, and is the guides' subject of speech!

I have to say that I have understanding whatsoever why cavers get exstatic over calcite cave formations. Quite possibly ignorance on my side but to me its all a bit comical. Tour guides enthusing about their formations great age are a bit of a yawn. So Idont feel qualified to comment. Even though I appear to have done so.. :bored:

Do you do much caving, or just mines?

Replying to grahami's comment, that's a very interesting site. The designs of buildingwork etc in some of the pics are similar to those of our slate quarries.

regards

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

grahami
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17 years ago

#11

Yes - but I've never seen conical winding engine houses in the UK!

Graham

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.