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Introductions

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European register of surviving mine headframes and surface sites

General Mining Chat

General chat about mining and exploring

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cantclimbtom
Boulby fertiliser mine becomes vertical farm growing salad

Digging

A place for all you nutters to show off your work

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cantclimbtom
Digging Projects 2025

Photography

Get help or show off your photography skills here
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Entries now open for the 49th International Speleological Photography Contest

Technical/Equipment

For discussion of gear and/or any technical aspects of mine exploration e.g. SRT

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JRS
Crowcon Clip o2 Detector Maintenance
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Mining Museums & Events

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PeterJ
NAMHO CONFERENCE 2027

Marketplace

Buy and sell mining memorabilia and equipment
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BM 108 Memoirs 2019
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The Buddle Pit Minerals or gangue accepted

General Chat

No feasibility studies here - a place for conversation of various refinement and quality

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Pit & Putt Discussion

Mines and Quarries Area specific mines chat

North East England

The Dales, Northern Pennines and the North East
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Allenhead

North West England

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Birtle Mine - Rail track in the slag heap?

Welsh Border and West Midlands

Wrehxam, Cheshire, Shropshire, Black Country, and Forest of Dean

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Alex
Apedale Colliery Discussion

Peak District

Home of T'owd Man. Lead, Lead and more Lead

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Putwell Hill Mine

East of England & The Stone Belt

Bath to the Yorkshire Moors

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Box “cranes , cathedral, deterioration & death mask ! & old museum .
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South East England

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Quarryman
George Taylor's Well, Reigate

South West England

Mendip, Devon and Cornwall

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Great County Adit at Twelveheads

North Wales

Flintshire & Gwydyr Lead, Snowdonia Slate, Gold, Copper and Manganese, Parys & Great Orme

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Croesor - Rhosydd (25/01/26)

Mid Wales

The Lead and Silver mines of Mid Wales

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Moved to Mid Wales

South Wales

Including the Coalfields and Iron mines of the South Wales Valleys

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Id the Album
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Scotland

Lead, Coal, Barytes, Limestone, Strontium, Gold.
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Luss quarries
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Beyond Great Britain

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thedutchexplorers
Just some shots of different mines in Germany

Special Interest

For the more armchair based mine enthusiast

Book/DVD/Media Reviews

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TomFerry
NMRS 42

Mine & Mining History

Possession of a beard would be a distinct advantage for this subforum

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What is this mine plan symbol?
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General Industrial Archaeology

Manufacturing, Transport, Power

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Richard White & Sons, Ditton
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Geology, Rocks and Minerals

Strata, scrins and stockwork

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USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Genealogy

Find out about your family members who worked in the mines

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Wheal Butson - Genealogy

Organisations If your mine related organisation would like its own forum & moderator, get in touch with Buddlepit staff.

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British Caving Association
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2027 membership fees

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Site Updates
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Forum Suggestions

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Georeferenced mine plans
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British Mine Regions

Pit & Putt

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