I found this ...

[Ian A]

I found this little adit on a wander on Friday evening ...



The water was over wellie depth so I dropped the level by around 4 inches


Easy to see the watermark further into the adit

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I can't seem to upload the last two piccies ....

The adit was off a footpath (I followed a stream upwards to a likely looking area) - I was near Bryn Rhyd Yr Arian having a wander.

The entrance was over wellie depth but a swift drainage channel quickly dropped the level by a few inches.

I thought it was going to be a trial as there is nothing at all marked on the map - no level, no mine, no tip - nothing - but it wasn't. It was actually a small mine.

Inside it was a surprise, it went for around 300 metres with numerous spurs all blocked with stacked deads except one which was passable although I did not crawl though.

The passage had some decorations - possibly iron/copper. Some calcium straws were forming.

I could not guess what was being mined here - I would have thought lead but a nearby isolated copper mine might suggest this was copper too although I found no evidence of it.

Rather an odd thing really .... quite a billy bonus for a wander out in the fields though

Ian

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[mike leahy]

well found sec.
 did the crawl that you did'nt do look like it had been travelled ie:- sighs of some one crawling through

[Tim Watts]

Well found Mr Adams - you are officially the king of mine-hunters!

[Joel Colk]

Nice find

Any idea of the mineral Ian?

[Ian A]

Mike ... it did not look travelled but neither did the mine really. However, I would expect it to be dead (because it was back stacked with deads)

Tim ... Fanks !

Joel ... There is lead in the hills beyond (Llanfair TH) and an isolated pocket of copper nearby. I found no evidence of copper or lead but it must have been one of them.

I am sure it wasn't uranium as I am not glowing green :sick:

Ian

[John Nicholson]

What a fantastic story!  Its like 'The Famous Five' just stumbling upon an ancient underground passageway.....

I assume that anyone could unload the fillings and make a hole beyond.

Where is the location - or is that a secret?