Spar Mine (Hendre)

[Paul Boyd]

:cheer: :cheer: bang tidy photo's Ian

like the ones of crazy's knob at the end.......

(had to get that one in first):whistle: :whistle:

[evan john]

have you seen it???

[Paul Boyd]

ye had it branded on his legs for a while remember...

blown up

[John Oh]

26/01/12

[mick murphy]

reply to john think about were the road and river are, they are in a valley full of glacial drift it would not be cost effective also ludicrous to drive an incline here as you are 90 ft from the solid and flooding from a downpour would be a danger to the men and the pit props etc.
the main incline dips at the foot of the solid and is only at road level when you descend the entrance shaft followed by the next then asiel down the hole and down the icline for 30 ft total approx is 150 ft. the level before the absiel came out approx 15 ft up from the main incline which starts down at the top of the track there were 5 levels
in 1984 the furthest into the mountain was level 4 level 5 was driven in about 300 yards when the price of spar plunged  and there for the mine closed the last cars left in level 5 were the same as the one s in the limestone workings  miniture shovels
driven by air, i recall 2 at the face if they are still there the trucks were hauled up by winch was driven by electric motors when the loaded 1 came up the empty went down, ie as the top one got emptied the bottom one got filled, does that help.
                                                                  Mick

[Brian Carlin]

Few from me the other night

[Joel Colk]

Those are some really crisp images Brian

[Ian A]

Yep - great job B)

[Brian Carlin]

cheers guys :side:

[Xan Asmodi]

I visited the other day, so here are a few pics from me

We didn't get our cameras out until sub level 3








Next stop was sub level 4
We went as deep as was safe here, but where beaten back by water


So we went further up to shoot the rest of the level


But I couldn't resist getting a shot looking down to the water filled incline


Looking back up to sub level 3


Heading back up to sub level 3
The adit under the ladders





Back up on sub level 2


We headed back up to sub level 1 and seeing as the map we were using said the ladders down were unexplored (we hadn't cottoned onto Morrisey's report until we were down there) so we thought it would be rude not to have a look.

We found more workings






Some tracks




and a back filled entrance adit


We spotted what I believe to be the wormhole Morrisey went down in his report, I had a quick peek, but without SRT gear it'd be certain death on a stick so I thought I'd leave ith for now.

All in all we spent a good six hours underground, Walsh and CunningCorgi are great guys and the time flew. Had a great BBQ afterwards and now I'm feeling those six hours

Took a few photos on sub level 4 that I think are cool





Only notice when I got home that I'd aquired a minor injury whilst diwn there

[Joel Colk]

Some nice pictures xan. Thanks for uploading them to the knowledge bank

[Tim Watts]

note:

some info in this topic

http://www.ucet.org.uk/index.php/forum/6-knowledge-bank-private/5802-unknown-shafts-etc-cilcain-area#5861

which may be relevant to water levels - i.e. quarry pumping etc.

[Xan Asmodi]

Thanks Tim, I have been wondering about that. I'll read up now!

EDIT: I would read that, but I don't have sufficient permissions apparently! :side:

[Tim Watts]

Yes, sorry - certain items of info are kept in a private area for members only where sensitive issues are being dealt with etc. We try to keep secrecy to a minimum but i know you'll understand what it means to go openly public with certain things.

[Xan Asmodi]

I know about the need to keep certain things out of the public view all too well. I've got access to the private forums on a few sites, but I understand it takes time and contribution to build up the trust