Linely Caverns Limestone Mine by M Crabbe and J P Volanthen. Cave Diving
Group Newsletter No 145 Oct 2002 pp 6-8. Log of nine dives. See 1.8.02
entry for more details.
Noxton Park Iron Mine, Forest of Dean by M B Thomas et al. Cave Diving
Group Newsletter No 145 Oct 2002 p 10. Depth -40 m.
Star Mineshaft, Near Shipham, Somerset by M B Thomas. Cave Diving Group
Newsletter No 145 Oct 2002 p 11. Interesting artifacts found: old
gantry, wooden ladder, wooden mine truck and many tools. A return dive
is planned to film the finds.
Glenhead Ironstone Mine, Auchencairn, Dumfries and Galloway by Jim
Salvona. Grampian Speleological Group Bulletin fourth series, October
2002. Vol 1 (3) 28 survey. NGR NX 772 526 two small workings, digging
/ diving needed.
Mine Hunting in Galloway by Ivan Young. Grampian Speleological Group
Bulletin fourth series, October 2002. Vol 1 (3) 37 - 38 map, photo. NGR NX
5893 62747 spoil heap. NX 58352 63628 adit, deep water after a few yards.
NX 58474 63583 L 15 m short trial? NX 619xx 550xx three blocked shafts?
NX 55810 57166 opencast?
Descent / The magazine of underground exploration is published by Wild
Places Publishing. email: [log in to unmask] (169) Dec / Jan 2002
p 7 The great French souterrrain search. Ex-pat Peter Mingay seeks
Brits to find hidden tunnel [and treasure?] south east Vienne, between
Poitiers and Angoulême in France.
p 10 All Slade Mine, Brandy Cove, south Gower coast. Information wanted.
p11 Please apply for permits. To visit mines and caves in the Forest of
Dean.
p 11 Westbury Brook closed. Entrance of old iron mine, Forest of Dean
about to collapse.
p 15 A bad air update. Gas testing in Knotlow Mine and Water Icicle
Close Cavern showed O2 level as low as 17.6%. Solid mine covers to
replaced with grills.
p 17 Vandals strike again. Rampgill Mine gate destroyed. Secret dig
discovered, mineral collectors blamed.
p 17 Underground tours. List of mine tours. [see
http://www.showcaves.com for full list with descriptions]
p 17 Mining Park in Sardinia. Parco Geominerario. see
http://www.cm-sulcisiglesiente.it/parcogeominerario03.htm
p 22 [Lecture notes from BCRA Monmouth 2002] The mines of Devon and
Cornwall by Ali Neill. All on me tod by Ian “Buster” Wright. [Solo mine
dig at Winster in Derbyshire produces 100 m new passage.] Gloucester Mines
by David Hardwick. [Coal, iron and lead.] The Mine Cam by Kevin Lake.
[explore deep shafts, and even go underwater whilst still in your armchair].
p 29 Cardiff’s Tunnels. see
http://www.soffa.dabsol.co.uk/sub/cardiff/castle.html
p 29 Cornwall Mine Rescue Organisation. http://www.cmro.org.uk
p 32 Moving pictures. Reviews of two mining videos: Deep, Dark and
Dusty: the history of Bath freestone mining industry, and The
Hillocks-Whalf-Knotlow Complex.
p 38 [Readers Letters] Mining my family by Roy Pedlar, Skipton. Roy
wants details of a relative John Pedlar who was a tinman at St Winnow in
Cornwall about 1901.
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