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THE PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY
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Cobalt Mine
The Cobalt Mine was worked in the early nineteenth century for cobalt used in pottery glaze.
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| The Wizard Car Park shaft, the first shaft cleared, now covered in leaves | Tom's Shaft conveniently located inside the DCC museum | The well, first point of entry | Holly Shaft in the woods near the main car park. The shaft is the earthy mound |
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| Looking up the temporary ladder in Tom's Shaft | The bottom of Tom's Shaft. Steps can be seen in the wall. The water level goes up and down. | In the flats near the main car park entrance | A circular winze within the mine |
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| Small passages | In the flats. The walls are 'deadwalls' left by the miners. | One of the smaller sections in the Cobalt Mine | Shuttering where sand has slipped down from above. The flat wall on the right is the fault wall. |
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| The arched passage near Holly Shaft. The white line shows a previous water level. | A sump near Holly Shaft | Working on the staging in Holly Shaft | Climbing out |
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