Had a look at this shaft years ago, unfortunately almost the entirety of the workings are below the river tamar. Wheal Edward not much further up the road is huge and has lots of unexplored parts.
I was born in St. Ives and as a young kid was always fascinated by 'holes in the ground'. I came across what looked like an old adit many years ago at Man's Head - west of Porthmeor Beach. There is a rocky cove just west of the the peninsula and it is accessible at low tide. There is a sea-cave there a you can quite clearly see high up, a passage cut in the rock supported by timbers. As a kid I was too scared to venture further but it looks ver much like an old adit. I was wondering whether it was associated with Wheal Ayr (also known as Wheal George) which caused all that trouble with subsidence to a terrace of houses a while back. I was born about fifty yards up from the site of that old mine and can relate a story concerning the latter that happened in my childhood. Anyway, I've not found a mention of that sea cave anywhere so if you are ever in the area please take a look. Thanks, Malcolm
Hi. It's basically a build up of very iron-rich mud that has formed over time. There's probably tonnes of it backed up there, so not worth trying to dig. Unfortunately no other ways in that we know of. Thanks for watching.
What a great video guys! Hope this gets lots of shares and views! Shame about the ochre plug, but that's just half the fun of exploring, not knowing what to expect. 👍
Great video. Love a good mine explore. That one looks lovely. I'd love a private mine of my own
Had a look at this shaft years ago, unfortunately almost the entirety of the workings are below the river tamar. Wheal Edward not much further up the road is huge and has lots of unexplored parts.
I was born in St. Ives and as a young kid was always fascinated by 'holes in the ground'. I came across what looked like an old adit many years ago at Man's Head - west of Porthmeor Beach. There is a rocky cove just west of the the peninsula and it is accessible at low tide. There is a sea-cave there a you can quite clearly see high up, a passage cut in the rock supported by timbers. As a kid I was too scared to venture further but it looks ver much like an old adit. I was wondering whether it was associated with Wheal Ayr (also known as Wheal George) which caused all that trouble with subsidence to a terrace of houses a while back. I was born about fifty yards up from the site of that old mine and can relate a story concerning the latter that happened in my childhood. Anyway, I've not found a mention of that sea cave anywhere so if you are ever in the area please take a look. Thanks, Malcolm
Someone needs to see what's behind that ochre dam. 😊
Are you volunteering, Gray? 😜
@@cornwallundergroundadventu6328 sure mate but I live on the other side of the world so need brave young strapping youths like you do be my proxy. 🤣
Its was not a fruitless explore as you have answered the big question of whether or not there are explorable workings down there. Interesting video.
Thanks Roy. That's the perfect way to look at it, thanks.
What’s an ochre dam? No way to find another entrance in?
Hi. It's basically a build up of very iron-rich mud that has formed over time. There's probably tonnes of it backed up there, so not worth trying to dig. Unfortunately no other ways in that we know of. Thanks for watching.
What a great video guys! Hope this gets lots of shares and views! Shame about the ochre plug, but that's just half the fun of exploring, not knowing what to expect. 👍
Thanks, mate. Hopefully our next ones will show some trips where we had a lot more luck :)
Get in there y done you take a fold up shovel so you could dig it get me in there i do it