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Cavers at West Mine

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Title: Cavers at West Mine
Comments: On the ledge overlooking the entrance, about to descend by rope to one of the upper passages in 1947.

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West MineThe entrance in 1943Cavers at West Mine
The wall with holeComing through the holeInside the main chamber
Climbing a rope ladder between levelsClimbing up the pillar in the Main ChamberSphinx Chamber
Plank ShaftPlank ShaftChain Shaft
Lion ChamberBrynlow Mine and the Hough Level to Engine VeinAt the landing stage in Brynlow Mine
In the boat, about to set off to Engine Vein.In a wet section of the Hough Level.In a drier section of the Hough Level.
The team out of the water.Brynlow Mine sectionFrom a collection kindly supplied by Ken Drummond
Sewer entrance (now the adit), Wood MineCrocodile Lake, Wood MineStump Chamber, Wood Mine
Sand Cavern, Wood MineOutside Engine VeinGoing down into Engine Vein
CCH or Pillar MineOutside CCH (Pillar Mine)Outside CCH (now Pillar Mine)
Outside the Block End at West MineOutside the Block EndOver the top of the West Mine entrance
West Mine - Block End The brick wall at the entrance to West MineMaps from the times
Map of the mines and the area

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