Wiregill mines area by drone. Teesdale, Co. Durham. 4K

[@HaraldFinster]

Outstanding footage. Your images really do the beautiful post industrial landscape justice. I love how the old mine workings blend with the "natural" landscape. (Which is probably more man made than most people think.)

[@tonypaddler]

Beautiful footage of an area I love.

[@assessorjohn]

Thanks Tony. The guys at Uk mine explores take you inside many of the abandoned mines in the area, including this one.

[@mediapixs4172]

Great footage

[@assessorjohn]

Thank you, glad a few people enjoy the videos.

[@sidewaysaction9983]

Nice work sir.

[@assessorjohn]

Thank you kindly

[@RetroGamerVX]

Dam, I can't remember my comments lolol.

[@maggiegee4171]

That devastation of the land by those who ripped the lead [and other stuff] from Mother Earth, is matched only by the devastation of the idiots who rip that same lead from Church Roofs up and down this land. We have a lot to be ashamed of, but thank you John for your wonderful footage ! xxx

[@sidewaysaction9983]

I'm not religious but agree with the church roof. I grew up in the Yorkshire Dales, a place of outstanding beauty which is all a lie. The entire country was forest all cut down for ships and charcoal, the lime stone moraines where cleared and created dry stone walls. I loved exploring the lead mines in my youth with my ever ready bike torch and they are part of the Pennines. A memorial to the men women and children (basic slavery) that lived and died all year round in such desolate surroundings. Mother nature doesn't take long to reclaim.

[@assessorjohn]

Thanks Maggie, sorry to take so long to reply, I seem to have missed a whole bunch of messages. Coal mining, limestone quarrying, Fluorite, Zinc, Iron, Gypsum and others all took their toll on the land in this area, they took their toll on the people too. I don't think we should feel ashamed, it brought us much of the lives we enjoy today. They could have done a lot more to reinstate things though.