Report - Blaentillery Colliery (n°2 ?), left drift, uphill Blaenavon / Wales, 06-2013

[The Franconian]

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This report belongs together with this one from the other drift, visited on two different days in June. Nice and interesting area this Blaenavon
Still haven't found a proper history for this place, so read this, from another users report
I got lots of pics in here, but less text.
The pics are mixed up, I lost a bit control of what is where.
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Camera: using an Olympus E-PL1, my main problem is to get the pics focussed.
I have to use autofocus and that makes problems in the dark, needs a contrast to focus on.
With manual focus I see nothing, impossible.
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Mines are dangerous, don't go in if you don't really know how to do it safe.
Might be deadly gas in there or it could break down
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water flows all way down
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coal, thought it would be harder, but it fell in pieces when touched
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to the side
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think this was my farest point inside
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sideward
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light in the middle is the exit
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don't know what that is, power supply is going out of it
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to the side, don't know what machine that is
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sidewards too, better do not touch that timber
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also to the side
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sideward I think
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I went just 3-400m straight in, maybe less, difficult to say in the dark, not to the side., so I don't know how the two drifts are connected
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