New venture drift -wast tip
"Howgill Colliery - Another early Thompson project was the Howgill Colliery which was a drift connected to the Blacksyke Branch near Forest Head. Howgill was closed in 1880 but sections of it were worked many decades later to help boost the dwindling coal resources. In 1919 the Naworth Coal Company was again considering fresh mining activities closec to the old Howgill Colliery and the Venture drift was reopened beside the Gairs Branch south of Forest Head which entered the Howgill seam this was called the New Venture Drift. At its peak in 1923 it employed 46 below ground and 16 on the surface and finally closed in 1934".
taken from http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/brampton_railway_mines.html
pipes from the mine -these are used to vent gases from tunnels
we heard water which sounded like it was from a hollow tunnel -one of the other entrances to the drift mine!
railway cutting to Gains colliery disused
a rainbow
forest head lime works,
very windy and wet on the ground
lime kilns
info about Lime Kiln's
mine ?
railway cutting disused
lime kiln waste
RSPB Geltsdale -back at last
Weather: very wet ,windy high chill factor very strong winds which were very gusty visibility generally good though, very tiring to be out and about on the high fells so we kept to the lowland parts , we will come back to this area.
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