lead

I know it’s abroad, but maybe this might be of interest here. It’s a series of photos that I took on 2nd December 2011 of the zinc and lead smelter at Namtu, a town situated in northern Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). The British colonial period in northern Burma began around 1883 and the Burma...

In this one, we find areas of Smallcleugh we've never seen before, including a vast stope and a few sets of ladders, including one that is heavily calcified. Facebook group : UK Abandoned Mine Explores | Facebook Smallcleugh Mine started in around 1770, looking for the continuation of...

This place has fascinated me from a young age, my Nine (grandmother)(granny crow) lived in a caravan on the edge of a farm for some years at Cwmystwyth in the mid 90s we would drive past the mine workings and slag heaps and i would beg to go and wander around them but was never allowed, By the...

Weather forecast was advertised as possibly one of the hottest in recorded history so the plan was get underground where it might be a little cooler, Well the first destination was Cae Coch Sulphur Mine the walk/HIKE up a wooded hillside to the adit was absolute hell already 25C climbing in...