Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram Not an exciting shot but this is [Good] Hope Shaft - the last shaft to be built at Cononley Lead Mine in around 1868-1870. Originally it went down to the Deep Adit level but was deepened to around 50m a few years later. To remove water from the deepest workings pump rods were extended from the engine house across the valley (rods from the wheel to the mine at #laxeywheel on the Isle of Man are one preserved still working example). A few metres behind the camera it is still just about possible to make out the circle where horses worked a horse whim providing winding for the shaft. The workings around this area were the last to be mined but were never as productive as earlier workings and the last ore was got from Hope shaft from 1886 to the spring of 1887 when the shaft was briefly reopened following closure of the mine in 1882. The shaft is capped with concrete with thick moss carpeting it and grass encroaching making it a little hard to find 53.91482N 2.03800W #cononleyleadmines #leadmine #cononley A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Mar 14, 2019 at 1:25pm PDT
Not an exciting shot but this is [Good] Hope Shaft - the last shaft to be built at Cononley Lead Mine in around 1868-1870. Originally it went down to the Deep Adit level but was deepened to around 50m a few years later. To remove water from the deepest workings pump rods were extended from the engine house across the valley (rods from the wheel to the mine at #laxeywheel on the Isle of Man are one preserved still working example). A few metres behind the camera it is still just about possible to make out the circle where horses worked a horse whim providing winding for the shaft. The workings around this area were the last to be mined but were never as productive as earlier workings and the last ore was got from Hope shaft from 1886 to the spring of 1887 when the shaft was briefly reopened following closure of the mine in 1882. The shaft is capped with concrete with thick moss carpeting it and grass encroaching making it a little hard to find 53.91482N 2.03800W #cononleyleadmines #leadmine #cononley
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Mar 14, 2019 at 1:25pm PDT
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