In a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine ...- Percy Montrose
Location Killhope, County Durham, OS Ref NY826430
Camera Canon Sure Shot Max
Date 1997 September 9th.
After a 30 minute trek through cold dark passages largely flooded up to
20cm deep and too low to stand up fully you are greeted with this cheery
sight.
Killhope was aptly named and, of course, digging it all in the first place was very grim.
Location Redhill, Surrey, OS Ref TQ289521
Expose 1/15
Date 1998 August 31st.
This is what they were after: galena ore. This bit is about 15mm across
and was taken with my macro rig
back home. It's mostly white quartz with some yellow iron pyrites, and the
grey lead sulphide in cubic crystaline form. After the ore was crushed the
galena was separated by gravity in settling tanks.
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