Dive Reports. Noxon Park Iron Mine, Forest of Dean, Somerset [=
Gloucestershire!] by M B Thomas et al. Hairy account of swimming between
pit props at a depth of 50m. Cave Diving Group Newsletter (142) January
2002 pp 10-11
Merstham Mine, Football Field Entrance, Surrey by T P Morgan and D
Haseldon. Some `dodgy’ sections with rotten props. [and] Silica
Mines,Pontneddfechan, Powys. by P Boumphrey and I R Pinkstone. Cold and
boring. Cave Diving Group Newsletter (142) January 2002 pp 31
Mid 20th Century Mines in the Doolin Area, Co Clare, Ireland by Patrick
Cronin. Proc Univ Bristol Spelaeol Soc 2000 22 (2) 225 - 233 maps /
surveys. During the Second World War, phosphate and fluorspar deposits
were worked underground. They are now flooded and partially backfilled.
Morphologic and Dimensional Linkage Between Recently Deposited
Speleothems and Drip Water from Brown’s Folly Mine, Wiltshire, England by
James U L Baldini. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, December 2001 63(3)
83 - 90 illus. Unique study of straw stalactites, barely 150 years old.
The History of Christmas Island and the Management of its Karst Features
by Paul D Meek. Helictite, Jl Aust Speleo Reset Vol 37 (2) 31-36, 2001.
Map showing location of 1890’s phosphate mines (8) with description.
The mineral is Quaternary.
Contributed by Tony Oldham
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