Mine Adit Boat Exploring, down at Cape Cornwall Tin Mine.

[@MarkFletcher]

I'm totally fascinated by these mine explorations, and I was delighted to stumble across your channel (Cornwall has a huge place in my heart - the US ones are interesting but there's no heart connection for me!) but my gosh, those squeezy bits are no fun to watch.

[@LunaMinags]

Impressive how they used to mine the ores in old times with rudimentar tools and candles as lights. Great video

[@steveetches6013]

Fascinating! Thank you for putting all these videos together.

[@BenoCam]

Cheers Steve, it’s a bit of fun. More to do when I get a chance !

[@wideyxyz2271]

Madder than a box of frogs. Underground boating at its finest and cheapest!

[@BenoCam]

🤣👍👍

[@mirkatu3249]

Just found your videos and enjoyed them so much, especially that you explain the history of the mine and show a diagram. So I subscribed. Keep up the great work! :-)

[@BenoCam]

Ha thank you, I have a few more planned but it’s hard fitting everything in at the moment ! Will get back on them soon hopefully.

[@KG-vr3te]

I can smell pasty up above, will be shaking hands and getting some Cornishmans gold above land thanks to Gear Farm....too brave for me. Love it and always watch

[@TheNorthernTsar]

Those “man-trap” holes in the floor past the iron-gate look treacherous! You couldn’t safely climb out of them without rescue?? Incredible those nearly vertical narrow stopes!! I’ve finally seen the tin lode (ore) the miners were after! A pity the workings ceased during your float, and again you pointed out what they were after!

[@royfellows5468]

I explored all that back in the 1990s and did a rough survey. My adventures were reported in the journal of the now defunct West Cunbria Mine Research Group. I have digitised it all for limited circulation, but a lot of the info is now out of date. I wore a wet suit and used an old inner tube for buoyancy which i still have and is still full of air, never been pumped up since original use.!

[@shonkytours2039]

Have you got a link to your survey Roy? I've got a few of them for different mines here in Wales

[@royfellows5468]

@@shonkytours2039 Hi Chris, unfortunately the one I did of these workings was very poor and did not include everything, and was never even digitalised. The best one I did was in Wales, Catherine and Jane, it answered a lot of peoples questions.

[@shonkytours2039]

@@royfellows5468 yes, I know Catherine & Jane well being close to me in Ffestiniog. Was planning on going there tomorrow funnily enough, but to a manganese mine we found a few weeks ago, which is right next door to Catherine & Jane. (could actually be same mine, because so close.) It's well hidden in thick trees and found big spoil heap and adit with deep stope and sort of slabbed steps going down stope but didn't have rope to get down. That's why going back. According to 1890 map it's a manganese mine, but on that map, there's no mention of Catherine and Jane, but instead the mine is called Bwlch Y Plwm lead mine, and on 1860 map just slate works. Yes I know Bwlch y Plwm is other side of hill also called penrhyndeudraeth lead mine, so not sure if map makers have made mistake. I've been down to the pump rod in c&j but there is an adit about 20 metres up from cross road in road/path that goes in few metres, then shaft going down. Have you abseiled down it?? Was going to see tommorow but if no point then can leave it 😊 As for surveys/reports, Parc was up there as best, got to be one of my favourite places

[@royfellows5468]

@@shonkytours2039 Sorry cant recall this, my survey of C and J is just workings at adit level. Been years ago, one of my pics in David Bicks second edition."Old Copper Mines". There is also Pantywrach, it was me who dug the upper afit just above the road. Years ago a group from Portmadog had ago at the blockage in DA but gave up. Parc, the trip of trips is western Cwffty, I am meaning to do it again and get modern photo gear through, a bit of a challenge.v I dont reliably know whether the route is still open.

[@shonkytours2039]

@@royfellows5468 yes can still get to cuffty. Instead of having to go down ladders and through deep water at end of level 2, you can now get to cuffty stopes up a ladder way at end of 2, installed few bolts to get across sheer drop stope and planks. Pity can't post photos here.

[@rocksandglassstore]

That was a tight squeeze there. Great film, made me chuckle too ..

[@glyn829]

Amazing its great to see your adventures i wouldn't have the nerve

[@filtonkingswood]

Nice one. Bet you couldn't have squeezed through those narrow spots after a Christmas dinner.

[@matthewpengelly761]

Nice vid!! But you didn't explore Cape Cornwall mine, sorry! In the old pics you showed from the cliffs, over the mine to the cape in the background, the mine on the cape is Cape Cornwall. The one in the foreground that you entered from Priests Cove is in fact St Just United. I've looked into the adits but never gone exploring inside!

[@BenoCam]

Ha really ? I didn’t realise that. I knew there were further adits out on the headland but assumed they were part of the same set up. I think they have now been sealed ? We couldnt find any obvious open ones.

[@aaronteifel9441]

great video .. exellent !

[@DFDuck55]

I saw a video some time back of a Room & Pillar mine on the east coast of Canada where most of the mine was under the ocean. Much of it was flooded but there was still plenty there to explore.

[@danc8278]

I find these vids fascinating, but also a little scary lol. You didn't seem to need a paddle to go down the tunnel though, could have pushed off the walls with your hands.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yey, true exploration, thought those boats weren't going to take your weight for a moment lol

[@Kernowbop]

Lived in st just whole life haven't explored much of these mines need to sort myself proper equipment, the upper mines stope is huge, need clips to get over as only a small bar for feet. Sick vids tho

[@BenoCam]

Cheers . There’s a few good ones down that way. Belan is a good one , but there’s still some nasty drops in it so be careful. And try not to annoy the locals 😮

[@Kernowbop]

@@BenoCam any of them see me they know what door to knock lol problem with living here😅

[@Kernowbop]

when I've learnt more about the mines and how to be safe with a trusted friend I'll start taking trips 😂

[@royfellows5468]

While i am here Ben. Your broken glass is from a filled in shaft on the gold course, there used to be other rubbish. First time i was in there would be about 1987 - ish

[@BenoCam]

Ha ok, good to know. I thought maybe someone had sprinkled it in there on purpose 😬

[@paulmccarthy6971]

Didn’t Ben, o look pleased when he said(he was gonna go into the unknown on the explorer boats) hahaha

[@JAY61ish]

Brilliant... i'm only half wet! .. love these videos Ben..

[@StreamTin]

This isn’t cape Cornwall mine, this is Bollowal. Cape Cornwall mine is actually on the cape.

[@dannycrooks8462]

I could never do that 😱😱

[@augustbieser6486]

First

[@hhuodod2209]

Thoses ladder rungs arnt as secure as they look 🙂

[@cynthiatyler1606]

I have to say this. Those boats are corkers. Lol

[@Memes_all_dayyt]

Second

[@jquest43]

yes,i suggest to avoid a horrible Disembowelment and digestion by C.H.U.D. that you give up this dangerous ( C.H.U.D.) video..best to stick to parakeet videos!!