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Another crusty old mine, home to stemples galore!
#mine #mineexploring #cave #speleo #tma #14fears #buried
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Oct 2018. Abandoned mine in N Wales. #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #northwales
January 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Feb 2020. N Wales slate caverns. Very LOTR! Massive chambers, artefacts and miles of passage #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo #slate #northwales
March 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Apr 2019. Old lead mine at Monyash. C18 coffin levels, wet pitches and flooded shafts #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #lead #srt #singleropetechnique #peakdistrict #derbyshire
January 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Beautiful pisanite (copper sulphate) formations in Parys Mountain
#mine #mineexploring #coppermine #cave #caving #speleo #parysmountain #anglesey
November 23, 2024 at 10:21 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Oct 2019. Nenthead, Cumbria. Vast abandoned lead and zinc mine with plenty of artifacts, false floors and shafts #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #srt #singleropetechnique #nenthead #cumbria #lead #zinc #artifacts
January 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Today I had a trip to the cool delights of an old Lead and Zinc mine. #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo #lead #zinc
July 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
May 2021. Large joint controlled cave that has been mined for lead #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #srt #singleropetechnique #lead #derbyshire #peakdistrict
April 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Today, Mar 2025. Quick trip to a part flooded Peak lead mine. Moist but great fun #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #peakdistrict #derbyshire
March 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Oct 2021. Old mine in Derbyshire #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #peakdistrict #derbyshire #chert
May 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Jan 2016. Iron mine in East England. Currently not accessible. Rotting timbers, lovely colours and old tools #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #iron
January 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Feb 2022. Coniston copper mines. RR pics #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #copper #srt #singleropetechnique #lakedistrict #cumbria #coniston
February 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Jan 2019. Bath freestone (Jurassic oolite) underground quarry. Miles of passages forming a large interconnected maze #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #quarry #freestone #bathstone #wiltshire
January 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Another trip into this old lead and zinc mine, beautiful formations and scenery #mineexploring #oldmines #lead #zinc #ochre #caving #speleo
August 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Feb 2020. Decaying fluorspar mine. Shonky shafts, collapsing levels and rotting wood 😳 #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo #fluorspar
March 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Nov 2019. Abandoned lead mine in the Via Gellia. Deads, stemples passages and Tissue Moths #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo #lead #peakdistrict #derbyshire
March 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
theminersgirl.bsky.social
#mineexploring #mines #undergroundminer
November 27, 2024 at 5:33 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Training on single rope technique (SRT) in an old Derbyshire lead mine #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo #peakdistrict #derbyshire #lead
December 22, 2024 at 8:34 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Jun 2021 Classic C17/C18 lead mine . Shafts, coffin levels and water #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #srt #singleropetechnique #lead #derbyshire #peakdistrict
April 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Aug 2019. Small Welsh lead mine on several levels, working a hading vein #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #northwales #lead #C19
January 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Jul 2019. Detail from an abandoned lead and fluorspar mine. Mostly on one level with some choked raises and a dangerously loose winze #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #lead #fluorspar #derbyshire #peakdistrict
January 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
From February 22. Walking up to Levers Water to explore the Coniston copper mines. A blustery day! #lakes #lakedistrict #cumbria #coniston #coppermines #mine #mineexploring #cave #caving #speleo
December 5, 2024 at 1:43 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
March 2019, an old underground stone quarry for black limestone. The timbers are over 150 years old and showing their age! #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #pitprops #stackeddeads #peakdistrict #derbyshire
January 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
briedmonds.bsky.social
Nov 2018. Small C18 or earlier lead working. Upper entrance to a ladder pitch and climbs to lower passages. A lower entrance emerges in a private garden #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #lead #peak #derbyshire
January 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM