Back to The Abandoned Copper Mines of Alderley Edge
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- In this video we re visit the Abandoned Copper mines of Alderley Edge in Cheshire. This time on our urbex underground adventure we visit Wood Mine. These abandoned Copper Mines have an underground lake and a Labyrinth of tunnels. Also we take a look at the old mine shafts. We visit with the Derbyshire Caving Club. We see traces of Azurite and Malachite. Thank you to the Derbyshire Caving club. www.derbyscc.org.uk #abandonedmine #coppermine #undergroundtunnels
- บันเทิง
The creature in the ‘Watery Abyss’ looked like a frog to me. Another excellent video Martin.
It was, thank you
@@MartinZero - yes, a frog, but what it lives on is another question! Perhaps it dines on lost cavers!
How deep was that and how did the frog get there?
Maybe there is a real-life Golem that the character from Lord Of The Rings is based upon!
squid? :D
Definitely not wheelchair accessible Martin... That's why I'm relying on you to make these brilliant videos, so I can experience it too.. Many thanks (Phil - Standish)
Thanks very much Phil glad you enjoyed it 👍
I feel you pal.
Liked before viewing! Need I say more! 👍🙂🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you Ian
Brilliant video. Scary to think of the conditions for the workers.
Thanks Jen, yes unimaginable
Industrial history is far more interesting than learning about "the battle of this and that" or " King wobbly Knob the iii. " It is far more pertinent and connected to the common person and their ancestors In this case industrial history is going back into prehistory.
Derbyshire Caving Club what a great bunch to offer to take people on a safe tour of the mines. It takes special and very brave men women and children to be miners. You only have to be crazy to be a caver LOL.
Great vid Martin and Connor wasn't so chirpy, was that because he wasn't so comfortable being in a mine??? LOL
King wobbly knob hahaha
@@asef698 Yeah I think he was cousin to Iva boneless sausage the viking
Connor was ok he has his video out soon 😀Anyway thanks so much 👍
But in the battle of this and that there were guys like you and me doing their jobs and learning about what they went through and how they lived can be as interesting. All history is interesting if you're taught by the right people.
@@devilman1976 True I was merely emphasizing how great Martin's vids are
Wonderful,makes you feel for those who had to work there in nearly pitch black,children who would have been so young 😢THE OBJECT IN THE ABYSS WAS EITHER A 🐸 OR A TOAD.
. . . "now we're in the lower level and by the way it floods down here" - not what you want to hear in a confined space deep underground!!!! Your enthusiasm to bring us this lost history exceeds your desire to run back the way you came!! Thanks go to the cave guys for another fact filled episode, as usual I've learned a lot. Another cracking vid Martin👍🐿
Thanks very much Bob, yes flooding is bloody scary
An old pal, no longer with us used to play down wood mine with his brothers and friends in the 1960's, bicycle torches, candles, all of that. ....told me stories about the blue lake, fascinating to finally see it for myself, many thanks x
Thank you glad you enjoyed
@@MartinZero I really did buddy, the film revealed it more or less exactly as my pal described it, I lived nearby as a kid but emigrated years back, never thought I would see the old mine of my friend's tales, kudos to you and the Derbyshire club, I scoured the ceiling for my pal's name where all the visitors signed in, ain't found it yet, still looking :)
Great coverage Martin. I did a tour of this mine in 2013. I took my RC rock crawler for what I believe was the world's first underground RC rock crawl.
Always a pleasure to see Connor joining you on your adventures. Batman n robin. Dynamic duo😉
Thanks Marie 😀👍
I was literally saying “wow” throughout the whole video and glad to hear about the Derbyshire Caving Club, my home county! Great video!
The modern civilizations , innovations and warfare evolved from ancient ones because of these early industries . Very nice video 👌 .
Thanks Montie
well martin we were on the edge of the seats with this film bloody wonderful journey to the centre of the world we loved it and thanks to the great guys who took you there and got you back safe cheers to you all from trev and christine down south
Thanks very much Trev and Christine. Yes it was quite an underground journey but enjoyable 👍
A frog. They get everywhere. Lovely video Martin. Thanks.
Absolutely incredible but there is no way I would go down there!
We used to go down the mines at alderley as teenagers. Naughty.
Great fun ! 💫
This is a good video. It was so scary 😨😨 to me the deeper down you went.. I got dizzy from you filming over the edge. Here in the United States I have been to several cave systems. But nothing like this.. Mammoth Cave & Ruby Fall are 2 of our favorites. They aren't mines just natural cave systems. Yes I got dizzy & sick in them.. So beautiful but sad to know Men Women & children had to work in those conditions.. Thanks for Sharing..
Thank you Julie, I would love to see those caves near you 👍
@@MartinZero I think mammoth cave is in Kentucky , but Virginia has several really nice ones like Luray Caverns . Usually an indication the rock is limestone . The acidity in the water dissolves it .
Great video again. Thanks for going to places I'd would, 'shit myself' in. Not a chance of getting me down there. Cheers Martin.
Just stunning. Thank you all so much!
Thank you Martin! I always find myself grinning from ear to ear watching your adventures. I really admire you. Love from Peru. What a great Public service those chaps perform keeping all the curious safe. Pity there isnt a way to mine without poisoning Mother Earth
Thank you Sharon, yes I bet it wasnt so beautiful back in the Victorian times
Another fascinating video I'm truly surprised that this channel doesn't have a million subscribers.
The people showing you around really love what they do their enthusiasm really comes across in your video.
The miner's that worked and developed the mine would have been able walk in and out of there with no lights at all they would have had a mental map.
I wonder if it was very noisy down there back in the day.
Fascinating ! Thanks for making this for us.
Fascinating and terrifying in equal measure! Wonderful video Martin. Thanks very much for sharing.
Thank you Mike
Reminds me of going into the old abandoned gold mines on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand, it would be scary now, but when we were young it didn't seem to worry us...
One of mums relatives, used to swim down to get into the entrance the one of the old mines and come out with the quartz crystals. John Macleod was his name. Once he took my father pig hunting and they brought back a big lump of quartz crystal, dad said the whole adventure was strenuous. This was 50 years ago and John was extremely fit where as my father was, let's say a little on the Porky side, sadly John recently passed away, dad's still going but only just.......Auckland NZ.
Cheers Maurice sounds great
A frog. A really big frog. I wonder if it's blind and uses vibration in the water to find it's prey, or echo location. Such a good explore!! You've shown me things I would never have the guts to go find myself! Cool geology! Way cool to see that underground spring! I've never seen anything like that! Thanks for another great journey!
Thanks Sarah, yeah from the Geology to the spring it was incredible
That was so cool . Thank you Martin and team.
I really is a treat when I get home and see a new Martin Zero video in my feed. Your videos are so much better than the contrived stuff that passes as documentaries these days.
Thank you, really appreciate it 👍
Another great mine video ⛏👷🏻🚧👻🐿🕯🕳👍🏻
Missed you on Sunday pal...had to watch Corrie with my wife!
Oh no, sorry
The horror, the horror!!! ;) ;)
Wow again, that was fabulous. Thanks for taking me along just loved it
Wow crazy but incredible. I can't imagine what it must have been like working in those conditions. I'm glad the caving club runs tours so people can actually see what's down there safely. Another amazing video.
Thanks Annette yeah you can book anytime
Great video Martin, I never fail to be amazed at how much was achieved by our predecessors with their basic tools and such harsh conditions. Well done as always, your video's are always worth the wait !
Thanks very much Steve. Yes unbelievable all that work in darkness
Another great one mate.. What we called 'muckin' abart' when we were kids and conducted with the lamps off the front of our bikes you've taken into the 21st cent.. love em :D
Cheers Richie, I think a few people went in there with bike lights
Great adventure MZ.
Fippin Conner.... your my family doppelganger. We're Pattons & Murrays....from Ulster & Perthshire.
Brilliant as always! another great video!
I bet the squirrel died of lonelyness, or perhaps arsenic water! Brilliant video Martin you were right to have a guide, or you'd still be wandering the caverns !
Poor Squirrel must have wondered in and got lost 😟
Martin in the early 70's I went with my mates to a cave near Matlock Bath and the Heights of Abraham. The cave was not well known and had a big Steel door at the entrance and was an old Lead mine that was originally started by the Romans to mine the Galena Lead ore. One of my mates was familiar with the old mine workings and we went down with him as our guide with ropes, helmets, waterproofs, lamps and other safety gear. I would bet that the Derbyshire Caving Club have knowledge of that system and it would be worth asking them about it and seeing if its possible to be taken down there to film it. After all these years I can't remember how we got there once we got to the Derby side of Matlock Bath but I do remember its further up on the left hand side of the main A6. The cave system as far as I can remember was huge and in it you can still see the pick and tallow candle marks from the miners during Roman times which was the work of slaves, whats really interesting is when you go into huge open chambers which is where they came across a massive deposit of the lead ore and mined it out and the chamber is what was left behind. They didn't blast the rock away with explosives but drilled holes then used something that expanded in the hole and split the rock, you can see examples of that method while you walk along the passages they made.
Sounds brilliant I will ask John
Amazing seeing the old metal mugs
Bendigedig ... Brilliant, Fantastic!!!! 04:50 a bit of Wales in England!!
Oh yes 👍
Absolutely epic! Amazing!
Thanks Jamie 👍
Fantastic video Martin thanks for sharing 😃
Totally amazing Martin thank you
Thank you Steve
The little spring around 26:40 shows what looks like a " quick condition " where you have sand and water percolating up thru it . Quick sand ! Very Nice !
Cheers Martin and Connor, another amazing video thank you.
Thanks very much
Ive explored many, many mines, but I've never seen a square shaft before. Irony is, I was bought up near Alderly Edge, but, as a child, had no concept of mine exploration.
Its good that square shaft innit 👍
Once again,... excellent Martin !! I enjoy ALL your videos so much ! Thank you 😀😀.
Wow! Cracking Vid, Mate! These mines easily tie the Williamson Tunnels as the coolest place you've shared with us. So much to take in.....and I have to get to work. Starting at 15:49 on your way to the mouse hole you can see the lines and scratches from the picks in the ceiling above, very cool. This was a great explore and kept reminding me of the film The Goonies. You would make an excellent Goonie, Martin.
Thanks I will take that as a compliment 😀👍
Fascinating footage about an old stamping ground.Thank you!
Quite an adventure indeed!
Brilliant!
tks for taking us to this place great vid mate..
Thanks very much Darren
Thank you for taking us along. Good mine.
Thanks very much
Great video once again.
Well done to all involved.
Thank you Neil
Another great one...thanks!
Thanks Michael
The vids just keep getting better, thanks Martin for another piece of local history 👍
Thanks very much Gary
A fascinating video. Thanks.
Simply brilliant!
Thank you Alex
an absolutely amazing experience - thanks for sharing
Thanks Martin
great video martin & the copper mins look amazing
Yeah they were Paul, great place
Bringing history to life, another magnificent video, well done to you, Connor and the lads from Derbyshire Caving Club.
Thanks Richard
I was taken down a cave system in Derbyshire, 50 Years ago, and crawled through squeezes and all sorts…great fun…but thinking back…mmmmm. Great series, I can’t stop watching
Brilliant video , really good quality video .. really enjoyed this ... thank you.
Thanks very much
Thank you Martin for another amazing episode. We learn more every episode about our city.
Thanks Chris, glad you enjoyed
Brilliant vid, Martin, dunno how I missed it so far! Really enjoyed it! Amazing how old it is and still holding up..
Amazing video thanks to all who helped in the making
Thanks very much Terry
Hiya very interesting thanks to you and Conner for another great video 👍
Thank you Teresa
Good to see both !
Thank you
Super video Martin. Thanks for taking us on a excellent voyage.
Thanks very much
Brilliant, interesting stuff!!
Thank you
Excellent as usual
Thanks Nik
Thanks for the Videos Martin
Thanks Michael
Wow, amazing.
Thanks Daniel
Thanks Colin love the video's.
Thanks David. Iam Martin 👍😃
Great video Martin love the exploring respect to the lads from the Caving Team for bringing this little gem back to life good to see Conner # urbex uk with you as well
Thanks very much, yep he's back 👍
Wow! Martin that's amazing. I really need to get my Son on one of those tours. Thanks for sharing and have a great week mate.
Yeah its a great day out Gazz
Massive thanks for sharing looking forward to the third mine
Thanks Simon
Once again, yet another amazing video! I can't get there myself due to my disablity but this is the next best thing. Thanks Martin!
Thank you am glad you enjoyed it 👍
thanks again mate - brilliant video as usual :)
Thanks very much
@@MartinZero *brilliant #typo
another amazing video
Thank you
That was sweet thanks for sharing👍
Thanks very much Jim
Thankyou for sharing.
Thanks Sarah
Awesome as usual. Great guides as well
Thanks yeah John knows his stuff
Great vid Martin.
What a brilliant experience and knowledgeable guides. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼😊
Thanks Marc
Superb video again Martin.
Thanks Darren
Well Martin that was another fantastic video with all the information given by the guides and of course yourself you must spend a lot of time researching these for your videos keep up the good work Martin.
Thanks very much Martin
Another fascinating video Martin loved it , thanks 🧱👍🏼
Thanks very much guys
Amazing.
Thank you
Down Down deeper and Down. Thanks for that Martin really enjoyed following you and Connor on your exploration. Great stuff.
Cheers Tony
That was special and definitely informative. That said,I give you guys credit for a good adventure. Thank you Martin and Connor plus the club of course.
Thanks very much Andrew
Been here many times growing up ....Another sublime video for you well done ....
Thanks very much
@@MartinZero No Problem ..Since childhood, I have peered over most of the bridges in and around Manchester city centre and often wondered where does that tunnel lead to or wouldn't it be fun to walk up that river ...many questions and more all answered by watching your videos many thanks ........ Keep up the good work
Well enjoyed Martin brilliant 👍
Thanks Brian
Another great look into the past, and hats off to DCC for facilitating this adventure.
Thank you Scott
Pretty amazing video, loved it! Very interesting to see how the children back then worked, so much more illustrating than just reading books about it.
Yes awful stuff eh Peter
Wow thats some tunnels they certainly do go a long way love some of the colours on the rocks can imagine in the days when they used to dig through the rocks must of been very hard work in them days brilliant video martin as always hope to see part 8 of the river medlock keep up the good work 👍
Thanks very much Thomas
Well done. Excellent..
Thanks Shed Man
Brilliant video.. was gripped from start to finish.. loved it..
Cheers Steve 👍
...another masterpiece Martin and Connor very interesting and I bet pretty daunting as well , keep up the good work 👍👍✅🥂
Thanks Michael, yes it was a fair old trek underground
Brilliant vids Martin 😎 Well done for going back down there, I think Id be too scared to go down places like this. So thank you very much for showing us these places and also for highlighting the fabulous work of the Derbyshire Caving Club 😎, im well impressed 😊👍.
Thanks very much Dave
Think I will be having nightmares tonight. Absolutely brilliant Martin. My goodness though my heart was in my mouth. Fascinating.
Thanks Emily, I must admit looking back its scary 😀
Great work everyone,thanks
Thanks Simon