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Report - monks park quarry 18th july 2009

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tommo

shire lad born & breeding
28DL Full Member
another trip up to monks again
this time with OT, Squirrell ( nice to meet ya fella),urban junky and tucker

this was a late edition, after a couple of late emails friday night and some frantic phone calls saturday morning,we put the A team together for a trip down under

this time we spend more time above ground than below, and some really nice finds, Jammy git OT......... lol :thumb

sorry alot of pics but there was alot to see :thumb

front of the beast
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your wouldnt want to do your dishes in there
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skinny dipping was top of the list, "to many men, to many men"
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switch gear room
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more than enough wellies to go round
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all tooled up
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mobile power box, one of many
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old wooden crane
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nice crane all metal, can run on rail or road
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rail cart
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no messing!!
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quarry personnel monitoring in & out
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slope shaft cart
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one of the many quarry cutting tools just left behind
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cutter again
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old transporter
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little shop of gems
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cheer all, good day out again
 

tucker

Scallywag
28DL Full Member
Aha, beat me to it! Was an ace day!
Like nothing else i've seen before! But photos say it better ;)

Air shaft from above...

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And Below...

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Up the schlope

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Hanson, page3s and telephones

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Bingo!

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Thats what you call a real chainsaw

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the tommo glow

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Stone marked up and ready to go

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Oh, and this sign lies!

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:p

Thanks to all involved, look forward to the next mine excursion! :)
 
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