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Gallery: The Cobalt Mine

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Title: Looking up Holly Shaft

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The Wizard Car Park shaft, the first shaft cleared, now covered in leavesTom's Shaft conveniently located inside the DCC museumThe well, first point of entry
Holly Shaft in the woods near the main car park. The shaft is the earthy moundLooking up the temporary ladder in Tom's ShaftThe 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 entranceA circular winze within the mineSmall passages
In the flats. The walls are 'deadwalls' left by the miners.One of the smaller sections in the Cobalt MineShuttering where sand has slipped down from above. The flat wall on the right is the fault wall.
The arched passage near Holly Shaft. The white line shows a previous water level.A sump near Holly ShaftWorking on the staging in Holly Shaft
Climbing outThe pump head on Well ShaftLooking down Tom's Shaft in the museum
In the upper levelsDeadwalling in the upper levelsThe hole through from Well Shaft to the workings
Crawling through the workingsComing through to Holly ShaftLooking up Holly Shaft

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