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OLLR Minex group visit to Rampgill and Grove Rake
DIR By: Dave
Date: September 30, 2012, 2:24 pm
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Starting at Nenthead - Rampgill lead/zinc mine.
Explorereses.
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Brewery shaft - pipework from the compressed air system.
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Wadorz needed here.
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Ore chute from a higher level in the mine.
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Whiskey Bottle Corner.
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Tunnel...
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More pipework at another shaft.
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Calcite deposits forming stalactites.
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Although this looks like it could be dogshit, I am assured it is
dynamite.
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More tunnels but with stonework.
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A crawl through water.
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Roof supports in former collapsed/blown in section. As fitted by
our very own Redwinch - he's even signed his name in weld on
this one.
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In some sections of tunnel the original constructors had used
concrete and when fitting the shuttering they had covered it
with newspaper to help it come unstuck once the concrete was
set. This pic shows remains of the newspaper that they used over
100 years ago - still stuck to the concrete ceiling.
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Point lever from underground narrow gauge railway.
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More tunnel...
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End of part one.
1000th post!
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Re: OLLR Minex group visit to Rampgill and Grove Rake
DIR By: prof-pat-pending
Date: September 30, 2012, 2:32 pm
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nice :thumbs:
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Re: OLLR Minex group visit to Rampgill and Grove Rake
DIR By: Dave
Date: September 30, 2012, 2:35 pm
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Today we couldn't be arsed going underground and, to be honest,
it was bloody hard work wading in water and crawling on hands
and knees for more than a mile so none of us felt like doing it
again so soon.
We had planned to look round the surface workings of Clarghyll
colliery but we arrived to find the site occupied by pikey scum
who were burning things and generally doing what pikey scum do.
:smiley-furious:
So we went to the remains of Grove Rake fluorspar mine instead.
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Unfortunately the pikey scum had already been here.
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The winding engine for one of the shafts had the motor removed
and stripped of all its copper and they'd had away with the
brasses from the bearings on the engine.
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1878 Adit.
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Newer adit.
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Despite the lower section of the stairs on the headstocks being
removed to prevent idiots from climbing them, OLLR has a special
breed of idiot who were undeterred and got up there anyway. ;D
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A top weekend - good exploring and good company. Special thanks
to Redwinch for imparting some of his knowledge of Rampgill to
us and for digging it out over a period of 16 years. :eek:
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Re: OLLR Minex group visit to Rampgill and Grove Rake
DIR By: kev
Date: September 30, 2012, 2:42 pm
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Lovely pics as always Dave.
Just waiting for Fotobuckit to upload my 267 pics, I'll get some
up in the next day or so.
Glad we all got home safe, albeit knackered & wet through. ::)
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Re: OLLR Minex group visit to Rampgill and Grove Rake
DIR By: vidal130
Date: September 30, 2012, 2:56 pm
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Great stuff there! 8)
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Re: OLLR Minex group visit to Rampgill and Grove Rake
DIR By: strang
Date: September 30, 2012, 3:07 pm
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Mr x and Mr Y by any chance?
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Re: OLLR Minex group visit to Rampgill and Grove Rake
DIR By: The Rhubarb Cowboy
Date: September 30, 2012, 4:41 pm
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Mr x and Mr Y by any chance?
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A flagrant abuse of health and safety rules :-? Good eh ;D
In the pic of the winding gear the sheep do look worried :-\ is
there something your not telling us?
:-? caption competition stuff this?
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Re: OLLR Minex group visit to Rampgill and Grove Rake
DIR By: Redwinch
Date: October 1, 2012, 3:36 am
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Top weekend Dave and Dave and Kev, great pictures, again
soon???? :thumbs:
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Re: OLLR Minex group visit to Rampgill and Grove Rake
DIR By: chippers
Date: October 1, 2012, 3:52 am
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knackering but spectacular. So how about an underground
overnighter soon?
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Re: OLLR Minex group visit to Rampgill and Grove Rake
DIR By: mark yellow
Date: October 1, 2012, 11:45 am
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awesome mooch gentlemen >rcker<
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