Shropshire - Features - Mining in Shropshire - BBC
Shropshire Mines Trust is a charity set up to preserve mining remains in the county. Shropshire Mining includes a wealth of information on the Madeley pit and other coal mines in the Telford area.
Shrewsbury from where you are not: Shropshires lost mines
2021年9月13日 · I hadn't found an original way to nearly die in ages! I've always known Shropshire has abandoned mines dotted around, and it was always my dream to get down into some of them. However, I still had enough common sense to know that I should probably contact someone with some mine experience to help me out, so I decided to ask a guy on Instagram.
Wander around the relics of The Bog Mine - Shropshire's Great …
When The Bog Mine closed in 1922, many of the buildings were abandoned and eventually demolished. Gradually nature has reclaimed the derelict landscape and The Bog has become a tranquil hamlet in the Shropshire countryside.
Bog Mine - I.A.Recordings
2019年11月12日 · Near the present Car Park is the "Somme Tunnel", a 123 metre long level driven by Shropshire Mines Ltd., (c1917), to provide work for unemployed miners. The tunnel is still intact, but is home to rare bats, so has been gated to protect them.
Rock Lead & Baryte Mine, Shropshire
Rock Mine is situated near Minsterley to the south of Shrewsbury, it was a Lead and Baryte mine worked in several periods with abandonment dates of 1908, 1918, and 1945. The site consisted of: 3 shafts (1 open still), an old level (collapsed), tips and possible winding engine house.
Tankerville Lead Mine, Shropshire
In May 1884, pumping was stopped and the main period of lead mining ended, some mining of baryte continued in the upper levels above the drainage level. The mine was finally abandoned in 1925. A gang of 12 men was employed - each man earning £1 per week. In a month, £12 of drill steel, powder, fuse, candles etc.. was used.
BBC - Shropshire - Features - Mining in Shropshire - Part four: …
Tankerville Mine Shropshire Mines Trust took over the site of Tankerville mine in 1996 and are restoring it. Tankerville was home to Watson's Shaft, the deepest in the Shropshire orefield at 1,690ft.
BBC - Shropshire - Features - Mining in Shropshire - Part three ...
Much of Shropshire's ore deposits were to be found in the south of the county in the area around the Stiperstones, and this mining helped shape the landscape. ... Mine accidents were so common ...
Snailbeach Mine - Shropshire's Great Outdoors
Snailbeach Lead Mine is the most complete collection of mine building remains in England. This large site also includes pools, a small reservoir and areas of woodland for visitors to explore on a warren of paths and trails. Snailbeach was once one of the most productive lead mines in …
List of Shropshire deserted villages and lost places
2024年10月9日 · Blakemoorflat SJ374008 in Worthen with Shelve, abandoned early 19th century mining settlement inhabited by squatters, believed to be associated with the Snailbeach Lead Mine, two ruined cottages and outbuildings with enclosed fields remain