Then later we can debate the merits of steel / stainless vs ally. :rolleyes: Or titanium!!!

But there's good money to be made doing investigations and studies along with drilling holes. (If you can find investors.) :giggle:

A lot of us older watchers have seen many boosts of promotion at Parys. Many sessions of investigation from drilling to full-scale mining. Some fool investor comes forward with some money for trials and studies. When the money runs out the project stalls again. Usually, they manage to spend...

Just to clarify. It is capable of being re-lit (by connecting to a battery) without opening the lamp. However, this would only have been done in a designated safe place, by a trained and authorized man. A normal miner was strictly forbidden from relighting his own lamp.

Wales online website. Penwyllt The decaying remains of a Welsh quarry abandoned decades ago The limestone quarry at Penwyllt has been left in disrepair for many years Some nice pictures.

The National Library of Scotland has an online section of Ordnance Survey maps, including 6 inch and 25 inch of most of the country. They are always worth browsing for historical information. Try this. Stony Middleton 25"...

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No, but, I remember taking them back to get 3d (three old pence.) Two of them and you could get six penn'orth of chips and have a feast! :)

I seem to remember a lot of discussion of this in the past. Not sure if it was here or in the mining forum. People with knowledge of the area seemed sceptical that it could be profitable. This is where the real money is made though, by consultations and planning reports. Actually digging...

Also, as part of the merger many of the older people who had been there a long time and knew their jobs left or took redundancy. They now seem to manage things with inexperienced people running from "guidelines." The easiest answer to any question is "no!" They just do not have the knowledge or...

The mind boggles at what you were doing in someone's sleeping bag! o_O

On the right hand side, the word "entrance" is a clue.

I think everything that could be investigated (however dodgy it looked!) Has been visited over the years. There were many reports on the Mining forum. Some of the lower floors were investigated when Oakley was pumping, all are flooded again now. Remember that most of the upper floors are...

I suspect that a lot of places there are still owned, or worked. "Get off my claim" is likely to be reinforced with firearms! If you are interested, I would try to get some reliable, local information.

Simples! :)

Oldie!

Video here. (Sky news) https://news.sky.com/story/motorcyclist-has-lucky-escape-after-trying-to-jump-sinkhole-on-london-road-12638753

A direct question to one of the groups that regularly install ropes into mines might get you first-hand information. Possibly Shropshire or Derbyshire would know. (The people with the knowledge might not be on this forum.)

I would agree with this. It is everyone's job to check rigging and climbing gear. If it does not look right, or if you don't understand please, please ask. I would go as far as to say, if the leader will not explain, then you have the wrong leader! But, in my experience people are usually...

My perhaps slightly controversial thought on first aid kits. Your aim in dealing with an accident underground should be getting the casualty out, still breathing, with most of their blood still inside them. A roll of insulation tape and some big safety pins might be of more use than a pretty...