peetee wrote:I wonder if accurate full mapping even exists. The practice was unregulated and unrecorded for many years so there are probably miles of tunnels waiting to be found.
I lived a stone's throw away from South Crofty, the last working tin mine, in Pool near Redruth. It was very common to feel rumblings through the floor that would repeat, to a greater or lesser degree, as the blasts echoed through different shafts. Also, most evenings at (around 7.30 IIRC) the glass in the front door would rattle as Concord accelerated away from the UK.
Back in the 80's fly tipping was rife (probably still is) and the easiest place to dump it without a trace was the un-capped disused mine shafts. The one behind our garden was 600 ft deep and when they came to give it a concrete hat all but 30 ft was full of rubbish!
So you know the unforgettable sound of a Morris Minor pushed over the edge of an 800' mineshaft?
