I'd be inclined to agree with Phil; the Museum will probably take it if it's going to be binned otherwise but there's a shortage of space for storage of things not on display so Speedwell may be better.

The NT might not be looking out for things on the internet about Odin, but there are other mine sites in the Peak where I know that the landowners were at one point actively looking at what was posted on forums. Where mines go, I would say never, ever use emotive language like "someone could get...

I doubt it would be a good candidate for C14 dating anyway, if it's heartwood the date could be out by a few centuries. When John Barnatt was trying to find good charcoal samples for dating firesetting in the Peak, he had a wood specialist go through what they'd got and try to find bits of...

Perhaps not best in the conventional sense, but probably the gloomiest...

Saw the title of this thread and thought "well, that's a given!" Everything you walk on except the crosscuts in Odin Mine is a false floor, so potentially anywhere could go. Having said that, I'm pretty certain that the 2012 collapse was an old, choked or backfilled winze giving up and apart...

Picked up a couple of M16 nuts this morning and took the dog for a walk over to the shaft; the new nuts seemed to have plenty of bite so hopefully they'll do until something longer-term can be arranged. Apologies to whoever was down there at the time if I've confused you by magically changing...

I think he means Newburgh Level, which although a bit wet, isn't a sough - Brightside Sough is the one running under the valley bottom

Possibly the deep sough to Goyt's Moss Colliery has run in - I'm not sure exactly where the collapse is in relation to the boat level, need to have a look at JB's article in Mining History and see if I can work out.

Nothing to do with the mining, and everything to do with the road drain going into a soakaway into weathered shale, like the Mam Tor road- I told a consultant working for the county council that some years ago this, but they didn't do anything about the drains, just put more tarmac down over...

Someone like a trained blacksmith with a small hearth and anvil in his garage? Something like that could work on the engine shaft; the other thought that's occurred to me as a shorter-term fix is to grind back the thread on the studs, then re-tap to M14 but right now I have neither the time nor...

Okay... having just got back from a quick dogwalk over to the shaft, the good news is I found the nuts in the grass alongside the shaft lid. The bad news is that the threading has worn to the point that the nuts can no longer be tightened. The only big nuts I could find at home were 21mm (truck...

Not sure about the climber but the engine shaft may be an odd older size like the Knotlow engine shaft, might even have been a Whitworth. Jenny P may remember. I'm going to take the dog for a walk over there in a bit and take my adjustable spanner, I'm thinking I might be able to borrow a nut...

Have you watched Dave Webb's film about the attempted rescue of Neil Moss - https://undergroundassignments.com/neil-moss-a-fight-for-life/ as a good example of how to document a caving tragedy in a sensitive way?

A blade cutter of some sort rather than an angle grinder I hope, given the tank will still likely be full of kerosene fumes? 💣

Oil tanks are usually made out of sheet a lot thinner than 4mm, so probably not suitable. A couple of observations about using steel plate- Firstly, a 1.2m square bit of 4mm thick is going to be pretty heavy, and if the dig site is a fair way underground will be a total PITA to get there...

I've seen that one at surface, and it's run in.

I think that may be a limekiln raking arch rather than a mine level - haven't walked up that road for a while but there are a few limekilns close to where veins come down the daleside and I've a feeling that's one of them.

As far as I was aware, the term "blackmail" came from the Borders and was certainly in use there in the early 16th century - it described the payment of protection money in cattle, usually the small black cattle that later gave rise to the Galloway breed, as opposed to whitemail, which was the...

The land is currently for sale - https://www.bagshaws.com/property/land-off-salters-lane-matlock-de4-2pa-2/ It has been rented by the adjacent farm as far as I know but I can't say for certain - you've dug up a fifteen-year old thread here...

Those hillocks do suggest pipe outcrop - could be a worthwhile dig!