crag

A couple of old lead mines in the Grisedale Valley near Ullswater. As usual it wasn’t clear if there was much underground to explore here, so the only thing to do was to go and look. The place is easy to get to, following one of the numerous paths which lead up to Helvellyn and neighbouring...

A slate mine on the opposite side of the valley from the much better known Honister mine. It consists of mainly surface workings at the top, connected to valley floor by a long incline (red line on the map below) with a number of tunnels leading into the hill. Like Honister itself, it hasn’t...

This was a permission visit to Force Crag Mine, a mile or so from the village of Braithwaite. Closing in the 1980's it was open for around 200 years. As part of my photography courses we're visiting 3 mines in 3 weeks. Thanks to the Ranger; Roy Henderson for his wonderful insight into the...

My first report, so hopefully I've got it generally right (edit: nope, I forgot to include a better thread title - this report was from April 2016). The 'Crag' site is a former hotel and school located in the jungle on the north edge of Penang Hill, Pilau Pinang, Malayisa. In its time it has...

Force Crag Mine was the last working metal mine in the Lake District, prior to its final abandonment in 1991. The site was mined for lead from 1839 until 1865, and for zinc and barytes from 1867. The job of the mill was to separate these minerals from each other, and from any other minerals...

Another splendid day out in the Northumberland countryside with a view to finding as many quarries as possible explored with Catbalou enjoyed your company and thanks for doing the driving again. As Cat said in her report some of these quarries are listed as inactive or active really you dont...

Quarry researching does prove hard as hours of trawling t’interweb knocked up a fair few possible “inactive†sites, but these turn out to on visiting, to be veritable nature reserves, or indeed “not there anymore†ones… so after a wander around a derelict Belford site, with naught more...

Operating from 1839 until 1991, Force Crag is situated in the Coledale Valley and mined a combination of lead, zinc and barytes throughout the years. Ownership changed many times through it's lifetime, each experiencing various levels of success. Tours of the crushing mill are put on a few times...