{"id":37,"date":"2009-08-26T17:31:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=37"},"modified":"2013-11-17T22:15:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T22:15:13","slug":"a-wee-welsh-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/mines-quarries\/a-wee-welsh-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"A wee Welsh mine&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tucked away in the North Wales hills, this mine was never very successful &#8211; after about 15 years of preparatory work, it only actually produced for about 6 years at the end of the 19th Century. What&#8217;s worth seeing is the power source &#8211; a giant waterwheel was used for both pumping and lifting up the deep vertical shaft.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Welsh Mine 8 (by Ben Cooper)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3878540909\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Welsh Mine 8 (by Ben Cooper)\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2427\/3878540909_64b489e9e6_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The shaft itself is now totally full of water.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Welsh Mine 3 (by Ben Cooper)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3879293452\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Welsh Mine 3 (by Ben Cooper)\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3423\/3879293452_7e9a4944e2_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further on, some rickety boards are the only way across another deep pool.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Welsh Mine 4 (by Ben Cooper)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3878506577\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Welsh Mine 4 (by Ben Cooper)\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3530\/3878506577_f9cf7bfa1c_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All mining was done by hand &#8211; this mine was too early and too small for mechanisation.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Welsh Mine 7 (by Ben Cooper)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3878531365\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Welsh Mine 7 (by Ben Cooper)\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2502\/3878531365_da680c958d_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The floors are an interesting mix of rock and rotten wood &#8211; sometimes it&#8217;s hard to tell one from the other.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Welsh Mine 2 (by Ben Cooper)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3878488889\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Welsh Mine 2 (by Ben Cooper)\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3428\/3878488889_453afdbf61_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/welshmine\/\">Full slideshow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucked away in the North Wales hills, this mine was never very successful &#8211; after about 15 years of preparatory work, it only actually produced for about 6 years at the end of the 19th Century. 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