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Video down Roman copper mine in UK
Xenophon:
I came across this video today by accident and thought other Forum members might be interested. It shows a chap being taken down a Roman copper mine close to my home town in Cheshire (northwest England).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RNGqsosBLI
The caving club who explored it discovered a hoard of Roman coins which is now in the Manchester museum.
okidoki:
great info, thank you
Bill W4:
Great video, thanks. Can't imagine working in there; I felt claustrophobic just watching it.
JBF:
Thanks for sharing, beautiful malachite and azurite (green and blue stuff).
They did it the right way, with a guide. I knew a guy who explored a truly abandoned mine in Idaho, was overcome by CO and died. I imagine that if they have horizontal shafts at the bottom there is probably not much of a worry about carbon monoxide. Still, I am much happier to just enjoy it through the lens of a camera. Good background for getting some idea of what a mine might be like in ancient Rome.
Xenophon:
I believe that I have found a page on the Manchester Museum website where there are links to several .wmv files that should be discussions of the coin hoard that is referred to in the video. The links are Alderley Edge 09 and Alderley Edge 15. However, I can't get them to run. If you can, please share the technique!
http://harbour.man.ac.uk/mmcustom/narratives/
Put 'mine' (without the quotes) in the search box and click search. A number of links should then come up, including the 2 Alderley Edge ones.
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