Second part to my maenofferen report and just the underground bit, visited with Walsh and Xan, we were convinced that we had found the remnants of a show mine after discovering an underground lake with a viewing area with lovely slate paved walkways and fake polystyrene slate all painted black but we are unsure, take a look at the underground video and see for yourself, also this mine was by far one of the most untouched mines that we have visited so far with lots of stuff still left to see.
Maenofferen closed in 1999 but the quarry is still live
the first bit of video was taken with a gopro so the sound is crap and then it ran out of battery so all of the rest was shot on my trusty kodak playsport.
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Then onto the next chamber with another huge winch
These dip tanks were used to load the motor, probably something to do with speed control
In bad need of a cobbler
Then we followed these lovely paved pathways and started to think "showmine" but despite all of the obvious signs, the roof was in such a poor state with collapses and pending collapses that it seemed unlikely
a lake that had a veiwing area that was fenced, you can see the fenced off bit across the water
Me in the vent chamber, since Ojay showed me how to take this shadowy type picture in Cwymorthin I just cant help myself
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Maenofferen closed in 1999 but the quarry is still live
the first bit of video was taken with a gopro so the sound is crap and then it ran out of battery so all of the rest was shot on my trusty kodak playsport.
[video=youtube_share;L9s8D5abB6M]
Then onto the next chamber with another huge winch
These dip tanks were used to load the motor, probably something to do with speed control
In bad need of a cobbler
Then we followed these lovely paved pathways and started to think "showmine" but despite all of the obvious signs, the roof was in such a poor state with collapses and pending collapses that it seemed unlikely
a lake that had a veiwing area that was fenced, you can see the fenced off bit across the water
Me in the vent chamber, since Ojay showed me how to take this shadowy type picture in Cwymorthin I just cant help myself
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