Force Crag Mine in the English Lake District,was a working mine until 1991. The site was mined for lead from 1839 until 1865, and for zinc and barytes from 1867. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and a SSSI (site of special scientific interest). The old mine is at the end of the beautiful Coledale Valley.
The mill buildings were built in 1908-9 and redesigned in 1940. It is owned by The National Trust, and the buildings are only open to visitors to visitors about 4 days a year. The mine is not open to visitors.
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I have been visiting that area for nearly 50 years and never knew about the mine until I picked up a leaflet about it in our hotel. I also missed the open days ! :)
In the UK, the schools finish for only 5 or 6 weeks in summer, those weeks being end of July and August. The schools here have a total of 11 or 12 weeks a year incl all 8 national days
Veronica, Thank you for the tour, particularly since I've missed this month's open day for 2017 -- ;-D -- according to the National Trust website information on Force Crag.
Is it typical that Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays for days of the week and April, May, June, July and September for months are selected?
Does August -- in the United States, it tends to be a flurry of activity for back to school and work, with all the vacation burden on June and July -- have the reputation as the main vacation month?
MBC. TY. Yes. It is in a very quiet Lakeland vale. The walk is just over 6 miles in total but fairly flat once we rose. As I said, I would LOVE to go in.
Looks like an interesting outing.
It is many moons since I walked the Whinlatter Pass.
Ty for the input. It helps put the bigger picture together . If you get up there to Braithwaite , this is a walk off The Whinlatter and well worth it. We will certainly return.
Methane is more common in sedimentary deposits, and is common in coal strata, but in the area about which we are talking the rock is metamorphic, slate which has been created by high pressure on shale, which squeezed out any methane millions of years ago. But radon is found in igneous deposits, which are also present in the area, especially in the central Lakes, so I think that radon is the more likely gas.
I don't know what kind of gas but as it is a mine many gases are possible.
What kind of gas? I suspect that it is radon, a heavy gas that is found in areas where there are volcanic rocks. We do have it in parts of Britain, and it can accumulate in cellars or other underground places. It is radioactive,but it can be pumped out.
BSG. Spot on !
I was ITCHING to get inside but there is gas deep down and it is unsafe. It reminded me of those cowboy westerns with mines. I have been visiting the English Lakes for 46 years and never knew it was there. Suffice to say, I had to be content with viewing the outside and a map of the inside. It is only open 4 days a year and of course .... they didn't coincide with my visit. Next time maybe . I will return and the location is spectacular.