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How about Clearwell Caves? Cheers - Tony Oldham Duncavin 1 Riverside Mews CARDIGAN SA43 1DH http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/~arb/speleo/guides.html http://www.showcaves.com http://www.mike.munro.cwc.net/mining/tony_o/tonyo_hp.htm >From: Roger Gosling <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "The mining-history list." <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: How many UK mining museums have underground tours? >Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:46:23 -0000 > >On the website >http://www.pontypooltown.info/bil/contents/leftcontent.htm >in the part about Big Pit, it states: > >"Big Pit is one of only two mining museums in the United Kingdom where >visitors can be taken underground." > >I think there are more than two mining museums in the UK with underground >tours, but it probably depends on how you define a "Mining Museum" > >Which do list members think is the other ONE the Big Pit website is >referring to? Perhaps if they mean coal mines, then it is Caphouse? > >How many other mines have a TRUE underground trip to them (for the ordinary >tourist)? For example can we call these mining museums? Sygun, the various >N Wales slate mines, Glengowla, Tom Leonard (Cleveland Ironstone), >Birkhill, Clearwell, Killhope, Nenthead, Great Orme, Honister, Llywernog, >Morwellham, Wanlockhead?, Dolaucothi?, Temple, Geevor, Rhondda (Lewis >Merthyr), Poldark. Which ones have I missed? > >Roger > > > _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger