LarryFatcat
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anyone got any surveys or descriptions of Ball Eye Mine, Bonsall
In 2025, our Chair, Access Officer and Treasurer are all standing down. This meeting is an opportunity for interested people to make themselves known, ask questions, or just to spectate to see what the role might involve before putting your name forward.
How much of this survey is left AR?
anyone got a copy of that (Descent) survey that they could post (is it different or better quality than the PDMHS one?)Worth also looking at the Derbyshire Cave Registry, Access Section via www.thedca.org.uk . The references from that include one from Descent in 2021 which includes a survey.
Always worth a look in the Derbyshire Cave Registry as your first port of call forinformation.
Are we talking about the Same shaft AR?the one I mentioned is quite a way up above Ruggs hallHardly needs a rummage to find that shaft, it's right in front of the Ruggs Hall entrance! Had another look at the survey and there is a bit that's now gone I forgot about, the part marked as "buddling chamber" at the top right has been removed but Eight Ways is still there.
Yes there is. 90 acres and it's just been reduced in price...Did I see a For Sale sign on that quarry when I passed recently?
Sold to Collins Earth Movers from Ripley I hear. Planning on extracting Limestone…..I wonder if there will be a chance to negotiate the Mine access with the new owners when they takeover?Yes there is. 90 acres and it's just been reduced in price...
Here are hopefully two images of the collapse. One shows the green water pipe disappearing into about 4m of collapsed deads. The other is a before image showing the stack that has gone down the hole. The debris is dry and dusty and loose with large blocks that are probably hand movable as that's how they were stacked. It LOOKS easy enough to clear as there is plenty of stacking room behind the camera. The original scrambling route is also choked with deads and looks less appealing to dig. Once down a couple of metres the waste can be lost into the remains of the water tank passage. Two to four fit diggers could do it in a day but egress from the cleared shaft will need a rigid ladder...
see Ball Eye collapse thread- https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?threads/ball-eye-mine-collapse.30119/#post-376388Any clearance been done on the fall that blocks entry to the sough yet?