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 An explore of a nineteenth century lead mine earlier in the year. Here the upper adit (up the ladder) meets the inclined plane which goes from the surface to the lowest naturally drained level. ⛏️ The incline (with a gradient of around 1 in 4) was used to haul ore out of the mine. Past the ladder there is an ore pass where ore from the upper level was dropped down via a hopper into a cart waiting on the incline tramway. ⛏️ Up the ladder a few passages branch off but all are blocked, the are also some stopes (areas where the mineral was extracted). The route to the portal (entrance on hillside, used to get the ore out prior to use of the incline) is also blocked. ⛏️ The incline descends further, past partial collapses, stopes and a rise to another level before being totally blocked not too far from the bottom. ⛏️ Upper parts of the mine were reopened and barytes (barium ore) was extracted after lead extraction ceased. The mine is extremely sketchy in places. #stayout #cononleyleadmines #mineexploration #leadmine #mine #cononleymineincline #cononleymineupperadit #orepass #ladder #baritemine #barytemine #exploration #abandonedmine A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Dec 19, 2019 at 5:36pm PST
An explore of a nineteenth century lead mine earlier in the year. Here the upper adit (up the ladder) meets the inclined plane which goes from the surface to the lowest naturally drained level. ⛏️ The incline (with a gradient of around 1 in 4) was used to haul ore out of the mine. Past the ladder there is an ore pass where ore from the upper level was dropped down via a hopper into a cart waiting on the incline tramway. ⛏️ Up the ladder a few passages branch off but all are blocked, the are also some stopes (areas where the mineral was extracted). The route to the portal (entrance on hillside, used to get the ore out prior to use of the incline) is also blocked. ⛏️ The incline descends further, past partial collapses, stopes and a rise to another level before being totally blocked not too far from the bottom. ⛏️ Upper parts of the mine were reopened and barytes (barium ore) was extracted after lead extraction ceased. The mine is extremely sketchy in places. #stayout #cononleyleadmines #mineexploration #leadmine #mine #cononleymineincline #cononleymineupperadit #orepass #ladder #baritemine #barytemine #exploration #abandonedmine
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Dec 19, 2019 at 5:36pm PST
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