Braich Goch Mine Photos

Kitting up [+] Entrance (adit) to the Braich Goch Slate Mine and the start of the exploration

Mine entrance [+] Mark banging a saw blade used as a signal in the mine

Mark, your guide for the tour [+] Underground explorers inspecting a winch in the slate mine

Explorers inspecting a winch [+] Miles of winding underground tunnels

Underground [+] Miner's lamp, lamp belt, helmet and safety clips are all provided but bring wellies or good boots!

Explorers [+] Inspecting a winch, a relic from the Welsh slate mining industry

Pausing to inspect machinery [+] Experience the working lives of Welsh slate miners, a real piece of Welsh history

1874 Grafitti [+] A group clipped to safety lines looking at one of the massive chambers in Braich Goch slate mine

Group of mine explorers [+] Mine exploring is a little like caving, but on your exploration anything other than walking is optional

Underground [+] A chamber open to daylight at Braich Goch, an old Welsh slate mine

Daylight chamber [+] Section of underground railway track in a typical level of Braich Goch Welsh slate mine

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All photographs by Jon Knowles, Paul Kay and Neil Buckland
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