Big Jim
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Last week Rob Middleton and myself had a look at a few shafts at Milltown nr Ashover. I had known about one (B) for years but only recently stumbled across shaft A in the wood off Back Lane and shaft C just off the footpath behind the miners arms close to where the settling lagoons from the old Milltown Quarry used to be.
I presumed that Shaft B was on the Gregory Mine sough as I had looked between the sleepers in the past and seen water which looked to be flowing. Sadly it was just blind shaft about 6-7m deep.
Shaft A, covered by a makeshift grill and plate, in the woods was about 15m deep with two ways on. A low level to the north(ish) extending max 6m to what looked like a run in from surface, and a level extending about 9m south(ish). There were a few decaying spades down there but nothing of any great age.
Shaft C, a concrete sleeper covered shaft. Approx 3m in diameter and about 6-7m depth. At -2m a large iron bar is wedged across the shaft, looking like it was placed to prevent the ginging from running in. A couple of meters below an iron pipe enters the shaft. I didn't bottom this one as the air didn't smell good at all. There was water in the bottom and I couldn't see any way on....
There is another concrete sleeper covered shaft about 6m away from shaft C that we didn't get to look at.
Has anyone looked down these before or does anyone know anything about them?
Jim
I presumed that Shaft B was on the Gregory Mine sough as I had looked between the sleepers in the past and seen water which looked to be flowing. Sadly it was just blind shaft about 6-7m deep.
Shaft A, covered by a makeshift grill and plate, in the woods was about 15m deep with two ways on. A low level to the north(ish) extending max 6m to what looked like a run in from surface, and a level extending about 9m south(ish). There were a few decaying spades down there but nothing of any great age.
Shaft C, a concrete sleeper covered shaft. Approx 3m in diameter and about 6-7m depth. At -2m a large iron bar is wedged across the shaft, looking like it was placed to prevent the ginging from running in. A couple of meters below an iron pipe enters the shaft. I didn't bottom this one as the air didn't smell good at all. There was water in the bottom and I couldn't see any way on....
There is another concrete sleeper covered shaft about 6m away from shaft C that we didn't get to look at.
Has anyone looked down these before or does anyone know anything about them?
Jim