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Default Rhiw Goch slate mine (No underground access) - September 2010 - 25-09-2010, 01:44

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Today we decided to head out for a mooch about Rhiw-Goch slate mine. As far as we know, we are the first to give it a good look over, and report on it.

The mine shut in the 40's, having been worked for about 100 years, and has fairly extensive opencast working's (Despite a CPAT entry saying otherwise). We found what we are fairly certain is an Adit, but it was backfilled a while ago, so no underground access.

The tips are extensive, but overgrown, so overhead photography is quite deceiving. Pretty much the whole hill is covered in waste, as I ended up at the top of it, having headed straight for the top of the tip in a vain search for an open or accessible adit.

There are several buildings in surprisingly good condition. The mill is fairly obvious, with other associated buildings, and there are a couple of large metal containers, which we think held Oil.

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Retaining wall holding the Tip back.


One of the more Visible tip's, sot from the Incline.


Some stacked Headers.


More Stacked Headers.


A Retainng wall, keeping the tip from encroaching onto the incline.



A Solitary piece of rail, poking out of a Tip.


Showing the very bottom of the Opencast workings... it goes a *lot* farther up the hill than this.


Tree's that have grown inside the Mill building.


The entrance to the Mill.


A well constructed building.


Backfilled Adit. No fair :-(


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Dispite the fact that there was no way underground it was a nice mooch
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Aye, it was a good wander about. Even climbing to the top of the tip was fun, if bloody exhausting.


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