Topic: Digging! (Read 37226 times)

twiglet · « **Reply #50 on:** May 01, 2007, 06:23:05 pm »

Are the gang out at the Axbridge top rift Sunday 7th May, or Templeton Mon 8th May ? I feel a deep spiritual need to struggle with muddy rocks again !

axbridgecaver · « **Reply #51 on:** May 02, 2007, 08:06:11 am »

On Sunday 6th May I'll be spending 13 hours underground in Redcliffe Caves helping a film company. I'm free on Saturday 5th or Monday 7th for a dig up at The Rift.

twiglet · « **Reply #52 on:** May 03, 2007, 07:24:51 am »

Ok....so I got my calendar wrong ! I can either do saturday evening or monday evening, are either of those any good for you ? It looks like places are limited at Templeton.I shall now go and study my ABC !

whitelackington · « **Reply #53 on:** May 08, 2007, 12:13:29 am »

Biff & I done three days of digging,
at a secret spot

whitelackington · « **Reply #54 on:** May 09, 2007, 09:00:57 am »

Quote from: whitelackington on May 08, 2007, 12:13:29 am

Biff & I done three days of digging,
at a secret spot

Not quite so secret now somebody has posted a picture of the entrance on
U.K. Caving Forum.
Perhaps a slightly more, modern mine, probably lead.
Lots of large shotholes, about three quarters of an inch diameter.
About fifty metres of "passage", if you are a dwarf.

Les W · « **Reply #55 on:** May 09, 2007, 06:00:50 pm »

Quote from: whitelackington on May 09, 2007, 09:00:57 am

Quote from: whitelackington on May 08, 2007, 12:13:29 am
Biff & I done three days of digging,
at a secret spot

About fifty metres of "passage", if you are a dwarf.

Why if you are a dwarf? Are dwarfs metres a different length to normal metres then? $:-\$

whitelackington · « **Reply #56 on:** May 10, 2007, 07:16:19 am »

Quote from: Les W on May 09, 2007, 06:00:50 pm

Quote from: whitelackington on May 09, 2007, 09:00:57 am
Quote from: whitelackington on May 08, 2007, 12:13:29 am
Biff & I done three days of digging,
at a secret spot

About fifty metres of "passage", if you are a dwarf.

Why if you are a dwarf? Are dwarfs metres a different length to normal metres then? $:-\$

Yes, they are about two feet!

whitelackington · « **Reply #57 on:** September 20, 2007, 05:25:37 pm »

I am aware that The Shute Shelve Season is coming to a close
but has The A.C.G. done any digging in there this season $:-\$

whitelackington · « **Reply #58 on:** December 08, 2007, 11:18:22 am »

Biff will be digging in Stainsby's

this weekend Saturday & Sunday 8,9 December.

cap 'n chris · « **Reply #59 on:** December 08, 2007, 03:26:11 pm »

Glad to hear it - I hope he manages to reopen the 450' shaft as that would create a monster SRT trip for Mendip!

P.S. I like the ladder - it's an impressive lump of metal!

whitelackington · « **Reply #60 on:** December 19, 2007, 10:08:42 am »

We will be digging in Stainsby's,
Saturday 29/12/2007

cap 'n chris · « **Reply #61 on:** December 19, 2007, 02:33:25 pm »

Good on you! - I sincerely wish you every success with this dig since, if/when it yields, the results will be legendary!

whitelackington · « **Reply #62 on:** December 27, 2007, 07:08:49 pm »

Quote from: whitelackington on December 19, 2007, 10:08:42 am

We will be digging in Stainsby's,
Saturday 29/12/2007

Yes we will be digging in Stainsby's this Saturday

andymorgan · « **Reply #63 on:** December 27, 2007, 11:13:27 pm »

Watch out that the floor doesn't suddenly drop out

darkplaces · « **Reply #64 on:** December 28, 2007, 01:37:27 am »

Can I come! were is it? Is it scary!

Tree Monkey · « **Reply #65 on:** December 28, 2007, 03:21:02 pm »

Yes U can D P. Its the fenced off shaft near to waterwheel Swallet. Park on the horse shoe bend. You can't miss it. C U There.

whitelackington · « **Reply #66 on:** December 29, 2007, 08:04:57 pm »

Quote from: c**tplaces on December 28, 2007, 01:37:27 am

Can I come! were is it? Is it scary!

Just got home from spending all day digging in Stainsby's,
did not cu at all DP
could you not locate us?

Hatstand · « **Reply #67 on:** December 29, 2007, 08:15:39 pm »

Aha - he got a better offer

darkplaces · « **Reply #68 on:** December 30, 2007, 11:51:05 pm »

Sorry I didnt have time to check back here for details... I dont know were waterwheel swallett is anyway!

whitelackington · « **Reply #69 on:** December 31, 2007, 09:16:52 am »

There are a group of caves in The Upper Velvet Bottom / Blackmoor / Charterhouse Warren area and a lot of mines, most are mines / caves.
Grebe Swallet (largely, a pre- industrial mine)
Manor Farm (a cave)
Waterwheel Swallet ( a modified cave)
Stainsby's Shaft (a Victorian mine shaft)
Blackmoor Cave (the cave that Stainsby's shaft intercepts)
Blackmoor Swallet ( the sites where water used to sink / abandoned cave dig)
Roman Rake ( a Roman Lead mine / cave dig)
Upper Flood Swallet ( a large cave, two miles of passage so far found)
Ubley Warren Pot ( two caves that connect, for the slimmer caver)
M.M. Mine ( a pre- industrial mine, now re-opened)
Halfpenny Hole ( a small mined rift)
Rift Mine ( quite an easy, interesting mined out rift)

Hope that helps D.P.

Known by None · « **Reply #70 on:** December 31, 2007, 10:21:27 am »

Quote from: whitelackington on December 31, 2007, 09:16:52 am

There are a group of caves in The Upper Velvet Bottom / Blackmoor / Charterhouse Warren area and a lot of mines, most are mines / caves.
Grebe Swallet (largely, a pre- industrial mine)
Manor Farm (a cave)
Waterwheel Swallet ( a modified cave)
Stainsby's Shaft (a Victorian mine shaft)
Blackmoor Cave (the cave that Stainsby's shaft intercepts)
Blackmoor Swallet ( the sites where water used to sink / abandoned cave dig)
Roman Rake ( a Roman Lead mine / cave dig)
Upper Flood Swallet ( a large cave, two miles of passage so far found)
Ubley Warren Pot ( two caves that connect, for the slimmer caver)
M.M. Mine ( a pre- industrial mine, now re-opened)
Halfpenny Hole ( a small mined rift)
Rift Mine ( quite an easy, interesting mined out rift)

Hope that helps D.P.

Woah! that is extremely helpful of you Mr Lackington! and not a chin scratch in sight

Is M.M mine worth a visit? they all sound like great places, except maybe Ubley Warren pot.

Tree Monkey · « **Reply #71 on:** December 31, 2007, 06:22:52 pm »

Yes, M & M mine is well worth a visit. It has a nice entrance shaft!

whitelackington · « **Reply #72 on:** January 01, 2008, 09:32:25 am »

Quote from: Tree Monkey on December 31, 2007, 06:22:52 pm

Yes, M & M mine is well worth a visit. It has a nice entrance shaft!

You will need to collect the key from M.C.G.
for M.M. Mine

I think it has a fourteen metre tight entrance pitch
which can be s.r.t.'d or laddered.
Halfpenny Hole & Rift Mine are ungated
but Rift Mine is very difficult to locate (if you don't know where it is)

pete h · « **Reply #73 on:** January 01, 2008, 08:30:04 pm »

Quote from: whitelackington on December 31, 2007, 09:16:52 am

There are a group of caves in The Upper Velvet Bottom / Blackmoor / Charterhouse Warren area and a lot of mines, most are mines / caves.
Grebe Swallet    (largely, a pre- industrial mine)
Manor Farm (a cave)
Waterwheel Swallet ( a modified cave)
Stainsby's Shaft (a Victorian mine shaft)
Blackmoor Cave (the cave that Stainsby's shaft intercepts)
Blackmoor Swallet    ( the sites where water used to sink / abandoned cave dig)
Roman Rake ( a Roman Lead mine / cave dig)
Upper Flood Swallet ( a large cave, two miles of passage so far found)
Ubley Warren Pot    ( two caves that connect, for the slimmer caver)
M.M. Mine    ( a pre- industrial mine, now re-opened)
Halfpenny Hole    ( a small mined rift)
Rift Mine    ( quite an easy, interesting mined out rift)

Hope that helps D.P.

What is a modified cave $:-\$ $:-\$

graham · « **Reply #74 on:** January 01, 2008, 08:33:31 pm »

A dig

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