Some history pillaged from the below sources…
Peak District Mining Historical Society:
Excellent report by @HughieD
The site is now up for sale as a ‘residential development opportunity’ and current owners Heights of Abraham have recently tidied the place up and emptied out all the sheds of old cable car crap, so hopefully something good will be done with the site before too long.
Some sales bumf can be read here:
Having visited the colour works a couple of times in the past, we realised that we hadn’t paid much attention to the former lead mine and made plans to go have a proper look. Considering the colour works have had many reports on the forum, there has only been 1 that has shown any pictures of the ‘red mine’ – see the fine report by @tarkovsky here:
www.28dayslater.co.uk
The mine has been referred to by a few names, including ‘Side Mine’, ‘Slit Mine’ and ‘Paint Mill Adit’. There looks to be some interesting workings on lower levels but all flooded unfortunately.
Visited with @Gsxrwayne on a horrid morning in December
Flooded lower workings could be seen in the void under the pipe, however by the time we'd reached the end and came back the water had turned bright red and I was unable to photograph them
Tackling the pipe of doom
A sizable chamber with some vivid colours
Stemples
And some bits from the topside for good measure
Some nice graff by Coloquix, Stog and Trik
Upstairs in a little office space are these colour sample chart things where you can see all the colours your clothes can become stained with during your time here
Suspicious footprints
Peak District Mining Historical Society:
Excellent report by @HughieD
The site is now up for sale as a ‘residential development opportunity’ and current owners Heights of Abraham have recently tidied the place up and emptied out all the sheds of old cable car crap, so hopefully something good will be done with the site before too long.
Some sales bumf can be read here:
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Having visited the colour works a couple of times in the past, we realised that we hadn’t paid much attention to the former lead mine and made plans to go have a proper look. Considering the colour works have had many reports on the forum, there has only been 1 that has shown any pictures of the ‘red mine’ – see the fine report by @tarkovsky here:
Report - - Rockwood Pigments / High Tor Works + Mines, Matlock, December 2017 | Industrial Sites
Reports on this location have been popping up on and off over the years. Rather than the works themselves I'd always been most interested by the mine on site, though this often seemed to be sealed. However, it was recent talk of a second, less obvious mine entrance that persuaded me it was...
www.28dayslater.co.uk
The mine has been referred to by a few names, including ‘Side Mine’, ‘Slit Mine’ and ‘Paint Mill Adit’. There looks to be some interesting workings on lower levels but all flooded unfortunately.
Visited with @Gsxrwayne on a horrid morning in December
Flooded lower workings could be seen in the void under the pipe, however by the time we'd reached the end and came back the water had turned bright red and I was unable to photograph them
Tackling the pipe of doom
A sizable chamber with some vivid colours
Stemples
And some bits from the topside for good measure
Some nice graff by Coloquix, Stog and Trik
Upstairs in a little office space are these colour sample chart things where you can see all the colours your clothes can become stained with during your time here
Suspicious footprints
