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MINES DATABASE

There are between one and two hundred mine features on the surface at the Edge ranging from the main entrances to a suspected shaft top.  The table below lists these.  For more details and a picture (if available), click on the entrance number.  Key to 'Form' column: S=shaft, L=level, O=open works

No	Name	NGR	Form	Part of (mine)	Note
1	Doctor's Shaft	846775	S	West Mine	House above (Mimwood?) used to belong to a doctor
2	Sphinx Shaft	849775	S	West Mine	Shaft into Sphinx Cavern
3	Sitting Down Shaft	849776	S	West Mine	Name on "Dim Grey King"
4	White Shaft	850776	S	West Mine	White deposit running down
5	Main Chamber	850776	S	West Mine	In roof of Main Chamber
6	Top Gallery Shaft	850776	S	West Mine	Drops into Top Gallery
7	Main Entrance	851776	L	West Mine	Says it all
8	SW Mine	851776	L	West Mine	Just outside entrance, reached by tunnelling out
9	Over West Level	851776	L	West Mine	Level entering over main entrance
10	Over West Shaft	851776	S	West Mine	Shaft into ditto, Sorensen's entrance
11	Fireman's Entrance	851776	L	West Mine	Way that Firemen used to go in, and fall down hole in floor
12	Block End	851776	L	Block End	Short tunnel, also known as "powder store"
13	New Venture I Level	851775	L	New Venture I	OLD NAME - buried in gorge
14	New Venture I Shaft	852776	S	New Venture I	-
15	New Venture II Level	852775	L	New Venture II	Buried in gorge
16	Hough Level West Entrance	853774	L	Hough Level	Entrance at works. No surface evidence and no access from below.
17	Scout Hole	852775	L	Scout Hole	On scout camp
18	Wood Mine Adit	854776	L	Wood Mine	Wood Mine is a fairly old name
19	Garner's Grope Shaft	860780	S	Saddlebole Mine	Found by A Garner with stick
20	Graffiti Chamber	855776	S	Wood Mine	-
21	North End Chamber or Timber	855776	S	Wood Mine	In N End Chamber. Timber because there used to be trees in it.
22	Deep Shaft	854775	S	Wood Mine	Big shaft dropping to bottom of the mine
23	Squeedle Shaft	855775	S	Wood Mine	Was a tight entrance (squeedle) at one time
24	Rabbit Cavern	854774	S	Wood Mine	Shaft from field into Rabbit Caverns. Appears to have been filled early to restore field to agricultural use.
25	Temple Shaft	854774	S	Wood Mine	The Temple was the timber structure built by DCC to stop the shaft running. The shaft was dug after collapsing through seepage of water from pond above (still shown on OS maps).
26	Pillar & Post	854774	S	Wood Mine	There is a rock pillar and a wooden post
27	Stump Shaft	854774	S	Hough Level	Had tree stump in it. May have been collapse on fault or used during early development of mining at junction.
28	Hough Covered Shaft	854773	S	Hough Level	Covered with stone slabs. Shaft was probably used for driving Hough Level and then not required for ventilation or haulage.
29	Field Shaft	854773	S	Hough Level	In middle of field. Dug out and capped by DCC.
30	Lost Adit	852772	L	Lost Adit	-
31	Cross Mine Level	854772	L	Cross Mine	Cross shaped
32	Straight Mine	855772	L	Straight Mine	Its straight
33	Brinlow Adit	855772	L	Brinlow Mine	-
34	Car Shaft	856772	S	Brinlow Mine	Named because car had been dumped in it
35	Finlow Wood Mine	860769	S	Finlow Hill Mine	In Finlow Wood
36	Church Quarry Mine	858774	L	Church Quarry Mine	Probably a quarry trial level
37	Reeking Shaft	859779	S	Reeking Mine	See Reeking Mine (59)
38	Well Shaft	859773	S	Cobalt Mine	Named from Wizard Restaurant well
39	Beacon Lodge Level	858775	L	Beacon Lodge Mine	-
40	Beacon Lodge Shaft	858775	S	Beacon Lodge Mine	-
41	Bear Shaft / Pit	859775	S	Engine Vein	Etymology unknown
42	Engine Vein	860774	L	Engine Vein	OLD NAME
43	Engine Trial	861774	L	Engine Trial	Small trial just south of Engine Vein proper
44	Engine Vein Side Entrance	860774	L	Engine Vein	Current adit
45	Windmill Wood Shaft 3	856775	s	?	Shaft ring and depression
46	Trial	861775	L	Trial	-
47	Square Shaft	860777	S	Hough Level	Not quite square but much squarer than anything else we had seen
48	Round Shaft	861776	S	Canyon Opencast	OLD NAME
49	Hough Level	861778	L	Hough Level	From The Hough, the valley into which it emerges
50	Pillar Mine	861778	L	Pillar Mine	OLD NAME, also known as CCH
51	Abbadine's Level	861778	L	Abbadine's Level	This name has been adopted although the validity is very doubtful
52	Doc Mine	861778	L	Doc Mine	Named after Doc Mycroft, a caver of the 60's. Also know as Chocolate Mine
53	Doc Mine Lower	861778	S	Doc Mine	See Doc Mine (52)
54	Rock Shelter/Iron Gates	860778	L	Stormy Point	Also known as Wizard's Cave Mine and Iron Gates
55	Devil's Grave	860778	L	Devil's Grave	Etymology unknown
56	Rock Shaft	859779	S	Rock Shaft	Used to have a large rock on top
57	Rock Shaft Level	859779	L	Rock Shaft	Linked to Rock Shaft
58	Twin Shafts	859779	O	Twin Shafts	Physical description
59	Reeking Mine	859779	L	Reeking Mine	Our name because there was a bad smell from the rotting vegetation in the level
60	Saddlebole Main	860780	L	Saddlebole Mine	Main entrance
61	Saddlebole Side 1	860780	L	Saddlebole Mine	Side entrance joins main
62	Saddlebole Tunnel 1	860780	L	Saddlebole Mine	"Tunnel" on top of hill
63	Saddlebole Tunnel 2	860780	L	Saddlebole Mine	"Tunnel" on top of hill
64	Holy Well Level	858778	L	Holy Well Level	Level beside Holy Well
65	Windmill Wood Shaft 4	856775	s	?	Shaft ring and depression
66	North Mine	851776	L	North Mine	OLD NAME
67	South Mine	851776	L	South Mine	OLD NAME
68	New Venture II Shaft	852775	S	New Venture II	-
69	Cross Mine Shaft	854772	S	Cross Mine	Depression on surface and signs of infill underground. Cross Mine does not appear to extend beyond this shaft.
70	Hough End Shaft	861778	S	Hough Level	Shaft near end of Hough, may have been ventilation
71	Hough Cross Roads south entrance	854773	S	Field Opencast	Rising to chamber infilled with rocks and sand.
72	Saddlebole Level 1	860780	L	Saddlebole Mine	Evident but blocked
73	Saddlebole Level 2	860780	L	Saddlebole Mine	Evident but blocked
74	Saddlebole Level 3	860780	L	Saddlebole Mine	Evident but blocked
75	Saddlebole Side 2	860780	L	Saddlebole Mine	Lower level joins main
76	West End Shaft No1	859775	S	Engine Vein	Goes into the West End series
77	Holy Well - Near Trial	858777	L	Holy Well Trial	Short tunnel reexcavated near Holy Well. NGR needs checking.
78	Wizard's Well Level	854780	L	Wizard's Well Level	By Wizard's Well, location unknown
79	Quarry Opencast	861776	O	Quarry Opencast	-
80	Canyon Opencast	861777	O	Canyon Opencast	Descriptive
81	Side Entrance	851776	L	West Mine	Just to side of main entrance
82	First Shaft	850776	S	West Mine	Filled shaft inside main entrance
83	Ring Shaft	860774	S	Engine Vein	Concrete ring used
84	Sand Shaft	854774	S	Field Opencast	Sand ran into this shaft. Developed on fault as collapse on passage leading to Probationers' Series.
85	Field Opencast	854773	S	Field Opencast	Kidney-shaped depression in Brinlow Field. NGR is rough centre of opencast.
86	Cromlech Shaft	854773	S	Field Opencast	Closed at passage roof level with timbers. Name given because of boulder pile at foot which may have been intended for support but does not reach roof.
87	Christmas Shaft	854773	S	Field Opencast	Has been opened by DCC then closed. Dug out at Christmas 1981.
88	Greenhat Shaft	855773	S	Field Opencast	Has been opened by DCC then closed Dug out in 1981 by John (Greenhat) Dolan. Air shaft shown on 19th century OS map. NGR approximate.
89	Brinlow Roadside Shaft	856772	S	Brinlow Mine	Main shaft on same side of road as mine
90	Brinlow Other Road Side Shaft	857772	S	Brinlow Mine	Smaller shaft on other side of road, hence name
91	Brinlow Topless Shaft (Norweb)	857772	S	Brinlow Mine	Originally this shaft was unlocated and the top could not be seen clearly from below in the mine. The name Norweb derives from when Norweb contractors exposed the shaft
92	No 2 Shaft	860774	S	Engine Vein	Counting from track
93	Tom's Shaft	859773	S	Cobalt Mine	Under visitors' centre, literally
94	Holly [Root] Shaft / Hole	859772	S	Cobalt Mine	Had a holly tree growing in it
95	Car Park Entrance	859773	S	Cobalt Mine	Main entrance at corner of Wizard Restaurant car park
96	Finlow Hill Shaft	860769	S	Finlow Hill Mine	In Finlow Wood
97	Balloon Shaft	859775	S	Engine Vein	Balloon used to measure height
98	Engine Vein - Plan B Shaft (No 4)	860774	S	Engine Vein	Was not original intention to dig this shaft, then it ran so we changed plans, hence Plan B
99	Engine Vein - Pot Shaft	860774	S	Engine Vein	Roman Pot
100	No 3 Shaft	860774	S	Engine Vein	Counting from track
101	Engine Vein Top Level Shaft	859775	S	Engine Vein	Onto top level
102	Bradford Lane Shaft	859770	S	Bradford Lane Shaft	Corner of Bradford Lane on line of Cobalt Mine to Finlow Hill
103	Brinlow End Entrance / Trembling Den	856772	L	Brinlow Mine	End of fault, below Car Shaft.
104	North Engine Vein Level	861775	L	North Engine Vein Level	Dewey and Eastwood refer to this level north of EV
105	Alderley Cottage Adit	843776	L	Alderley Cottage Adit	-
106	Hagg Opencast	855776	O	Wood Mine	Filled in in the 1960s. Named after Hagg. Also connects with shaft at end of adit
107	Silver Shaft	861776	S	Silver Shaft	Just to north of path from OpenCast to Goldenstone
108	Pine Shaft	861776	S	Pine Shaft	North of path from OpenCast to Goldenstone nr. Stormy Point track
109	No 1 Shaft	861774	S	Engine Vein	Most easterly entrance to mine
110	West End Shaft No 2	859775	S	Engine Vein	End of West End Extension
111	Hough Cross Roads north entrance	854773	S	Field Opencast	Rising hand picked passage to Opencast.
112	End of Hough Branch	854772	S	Hough Level	Southern most point in Hough. Appears to be filled from surface. Coincides with a rectangular mark on 1907 OS map and also with some disturbance on the surface.
113	18-Acre Shaft	850776	S	West Mine	Main entrance
114	Field Shaft ore chute	854773	S	Field Opencast	Ore chute dropping into bottom of Field Shaft. Treated as separate feature as old plans show a shaft off the Hough Level.
115	Opencast ore chute	855773	S	Field Opencast	Ore chute dropping into branch off Hough Level.
116	Opencast to Probationers west	854773	O	Field Opencast	Blockage in Probationers' Series. End of passage in rubble. Appears to break into main Field Opencast.
117	Opencast to Probationers east	854773	O	Field Opencast	End of passage in rubble.
118	Pine Adit	861776	L	Pine Shaft	North of path from OpenCast to Goldenstone nr. Stormy Point track
119	Field Boundary Shaft	853774	S	Hough Level	Last accessible blockage on Hough Level towards works.
120	none	854772	S	Hough Level	Depression in field between Cross Mine and Field Shaft. NGR approximate.
121	none	855773	S	Hough Level	Fenced depression in field near Field Shaft, south of Hough Level. NGR approximate.
122	none	855773	S	Field Opencast	-
123	none	853774	S	Hough Level	Shaft on West end of Hough Level. NGR approximate.
124	Stormy Point Shaft	859779	s	Stormy Point	-
125	Saddlebole Lower Level	860780	l	Saddlebole	Suspected level lower down Saddlebole
126	Shelter above Doc Mine	861778	l	Stormy Point	Appears to be working on fault
127	Pit	860778	s	Stormy Point	Depression may be shaft
128	Shaft	860778	s	Stormy Point	Depression may be shaft
129	Shelter	860778	l	Stormy Point	Small shelter under overhang
130	Shaft	860778	s	Stormy Point	Depression may be shaft
131	Trial	860778	l	Stormy Point	Short tunnel
132	Shaft	860778	S	Stormy Point	Depression may be shaft
133	Shaft 1 nr path to Canyon Opencast	860777	S	Canyon Opencast?	Large Shaft ring NGR needs checking
134	Shaft 2 nr path to Canyon Opencast	860777	S	Canyon Opencast?	Large Shaft ring NGR needs checking
135	Doc Mine Shaft	861778	s	Doc Mine	Shaft with manhole lid over lower Doc Mine
136	Possible Level below Holy Well	859778	l	Canyon Opencast?	Indentation in hill with spoil heap below
137	Shaft 1 west of Canyon Opencast	860777	S	Canyon Opencast?	Large Shaft ring
138	Shaft 2 west of Canyon Opencast	860777	S	Canyon Opencast?	Large Shaft ring
139	Shaft 3 west of Canyon Opencast	860777	S	Canyon Opencast?	Large Shaft ring
140	Shaft 1 east of Canyon Opencast	861776	S	Canyon Opencast?	Large Shaft ring
141	Shaft 2 east of Canyon Opencast	861776	S	Canyon Opencast?	Large Shaft ring
142	Cow Lane Shaft 1	857773	S	?	Shaft ring and depression
143	Cow Lane Shaft 2	857773	s	?	Shaft ring and depression
144	Cow Lane Shaft 3	856773	s	?	Shaft ring and depression
145	Cow Lane Shaft 4	856773	s	?	Shaft ring and depression
146	Cobalt N Shaft 1	859773	s	Cobalt Mine	Shaft ring and depression
147	Cobalt N Shaft 2	859773	s	Cobalt Mine	Shaft ring and depression
148	Cobalt N Shaft 3	859773	s	Cobalt Mine	Shaft ring and depression
149	Cobalt N Shaft 4	859773	s	Cobalt Mine	Shaft ring and depression
150	Cobalt N Shaft 5	859774	s	Cobalt Mine?	Shaft ring and depression
151	Cobalt N Shaft 6	859774	s	Cobalt Mine?	Shaft ring and depression
152	Cobalt N Shaft 7	859774	s	Cobalt Mine?	Shaft ring and depression
153	Windmill Wood Shaft 1	856775	s	?	Shaft ring and depression
154	Windmill Wood Shaft 2	856775	s	?	Shaft ring and depression
155	Wood Mine possible adit	854775	a	Wood Mine?	Possible tunnel above Wood Mine adit
156	Shaft in Windmill Wood	857774	s	?	Possible shaft top
157	Shaft in Windmill Wood	857774	s	?	Possible shaft top

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