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You just wouldn't believe what went on here, all those years ago.... |
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Florence - West Cumberland fells in the background - Drygill's not that far away..!!
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A tired, but famous headframe |
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Entrance to the decline
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View from the top of the headframe - decline in background, Lake District beyond.. |
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My favourite place for a bottle of beer..
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Those wheels... the stories they can tell.. |
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The winder room ..
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... and the controls.. |
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And this is what it's all about..
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My knee for scale, with hammers.. |
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Loco and rake of trucks picking up specimens - Ike Wilson in background..
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Collecting specularite from fresh rock face.. Ike Wilson in action.. |
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Stoped area - huge kidney cavities in roof
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Driving out - in the tubs behind the loco on main drive |
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Bottom of the decline with Gary and Ike
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The long, slow walk up to daylight... |
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The plat - main shaft
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Checking one of the massive pumps |
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Coming out with the days specimens..
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Rake of trucks.. Ike trying to persuade Gary to part with one to put outside his house... |
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Gary at the controls
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Unloading all those specimens..! A very happy Ike.. |
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| Looking up the shaft from the pump plat | The mine yard |
And as for specimens... here's a selection, both old and recent, all from my collection..
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Large kidney - pencil for size. Victorian specimen
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Very large kidney - self collected in Beckermet in the 1970's - 18" long |
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Kidney with specularite - 11" across. Self collected in Beckermet, 1970's
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Dolomite on haematite. Self collected in the 1970's - 7" |
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Quartz and specularite, with dolomite. Given by Beckermet miner, 1970's - 2"
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Smoky quartz on specularite - old Victorian collection - 3 x 4" |
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Smoky quartz on specularite - old Victorian collection - 5"
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Specularite on kidney - Beckermet - self collected in the 1970's - 7" |
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Quartz and specularite - Beckermet - given by miner in the 1970's
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