CONTENTS

Derbyshire Caving Club and the Alderley Edge Mines, Cheshire

Alderley Mines  -o-  Caving and Mining  -o-  Utilities

• Alderley Edge Mines
   

• The Mines
• List of mines without Google map
• Database of mines
• Wood Mine
• West Mine
• Engine Vein
• Brynlow Mine
• The Hough Level
• The Cobalt (Wizard) Mine
• Other selected mines
• Mottram Mines
• Virtual tours of the mines

 
• History
• Chronology
• Archaeology
• Naming of mines and features
• Biographies of miners and proprietors
• People employed in the mines
• Employment in the mines - 1871 to 1878
• Books and articles about the mines

 
• Geology and biology
• Mineralisation
• Common minerals found at Alderley Edge
• List of minerals found at Alderley Edge
• Biology of the mines

 
• Mining
• Extraction
• Bronze Age
• Roman
• Medieval
• Post-medieval - hand
• Post-medieval - powder
• 19th century
• 20th century
• Services
• Ventilation
• Lighting
• Drainage
• Haulage
• Ore processing and metal extraction
• Bronze Age ore processing
• Ore processing using smelting
• Summary of ore processing using acid
• Detail of ore processing using acid
• Detail of ore processing using acid
 
• What's on now
• Events at Alderley
• Exploring and interpreting the mines
• Archaeology
• Research programme
• The DCC museum
• Visiting the mines
• Open Days
• Lectures and exhibitions
• Legal issues
• The Alderley Edge Landscape Project
• The National Trust

 
• Photo gallery
• Wood Mine
• West Mine
• Engine Vein
• Brynlow Mine
• The Hough Level
• The Cobalt Mine
• Other mines
• Mottram Mines
• Projects
• Exploration
• Early visitors
• Open days
• Photo gallery search

 
• Around the Edge
• The legend of the Wizard
• The books of Alan Garner
• The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
• The Surgery
• The area around Alderley Edge

 
• About the DCC
• Club events
• Caving with the DCC
• Club resources
• Making donations to the DCC
• Social activities
• DCC newsletters
• How to join the DCC
• Rogues Gallery

 
• Website tools
• Search
• Downloads
• Links
• Site map
• Copyright

• Caving, mining and the Derbyshire Caving Club
   

• About the DCC
• Golden Anniversary Page
• Club events
• Social activities
• Caving & mining log
• DCC newsletters
• How to join the DCC
• The rocket
• Rogues Gallery
• Old Rogues Gallery

 
• Club resources
• Tackle
• Library
• Records
• Facilities at Alderley

 
• Going underground
• Safety
• Meets list
• Try caving
• Digging and projects
• Carlswark Cavern
• Robin's Shaft
• Rowter project
• White Scar Cave
• Expeditions
• Corchia expeditions
• Alaska expedition
• Matienzo
• 2003
• 2004
• Caving for young people
• Find photographs

 
• Caves
• Caving areas
• Derbyshire underground
• Gallery of caving photos

 
• Mines
• Mining areas
• Mines in Cheshire
• Mines in Derbyshire
• Mines in Staffordshire
• Mines in Cumbria and Durham
• Mines in South-East England
• Mines in North and Mid Wales
• Mines in Gloucestershire
• Mines in Devon and Cornwall
• Mines in the Isle of Man
• NAMHO
• Gallery of mining photos

 
• Other underground places
  • Places to visit
  • Stockport underground
  • Gallery of underground photos
  
   
• Website tools
• Search
• Downloads
• Links
• Site map
• Copyright

• Utilities

  • Search
  • Downloads
  • Links
  • Contacting the Club
  • Web site map
  • Web site history
  • Data protection
  • Copyright