Lowering A Camera 650Ft Down A Flooded Mine Shaft To A Huge Collapse : UK Abandoned Mine Explore

[@davidclark3603]

Absolutely brilliant. I'm old now, but, I remember the Ashton Moss Colliery, or the Snipe Pit, as it was known. It was demolished in about 1971? The two giant shafts were completely exposed and open for what seemed like months! As kids we used to throw rocks and boulders down. It was said to be a out a mile deep, leading to what was known as the "Roger seam". One of the deepest in the country. It's a B & Q warehouse now. Where it says, builders entrance is where the first of the giant shafts lay. I still have nightmares today, fifty years later about that place.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, not the nicest of places to work :(

[@NormanGnome11]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores Yeah - B&Q sucks.

[@malcolmbird1933]

@@NormanGnome11 Nightmares , yeah , Me too ! at age of 8 , 9 and 10 we as kids balanced on the edge of the two 1500 foot shafts , Alma Colliery , near Chesterfield . closed in 1920s , throwing bricks down -- 6 seconds for the bricks to reach the bottom - one shaft was flooded we could see the water a long long way down.

[@50bograt]

ashton moss was connected to bradford pit and woodpark and bradford connected to moston colliery for ventilation purposes this video is a rip off of the original video of the inspection of hesketh shaft hence why the shaft name is blanked out

[@b.2221]

Nothing but sheer respect ✊ for the folks who have sacrificed a lot of their lives to bring us coal. The engineering work is off the charts.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yup, incredible, like the other types of mines too

[@lordcaptainvonthrust3rd]

Spectacular 👍 My dad worked at the Prince of Wales Colliery in Pontefract But only for 6 months He got fed up with going to work in the dark, working in the dark and going home in the dark Then one day the cage he was riding up in collided with a descending cage No injuries and one old timer casually told him "it happens all the time" He handed his notice in the same day with immediate effect

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, most miners I know said it was a horrid place to work, but they would go back tomorrow due to the comaderadery (can't spell that lol)

[@garethparr9482]

Wow. What lies beneath I’m fascinated with old mine shafts and this video really does deliver. In to abyss so eerie to think that no one or hardly anyone has seen down there since the mine was abandoned in the 60s.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, all that history and effort, almost forgotten.

[@ddaazz365]

As an ex collier I’ve often wondered how the shafts are now like at Hem Heath Colliery. Our depth was 1062yards working level and out of the cage we went further down inbye. Thanks for the video.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, very few of these videos on line, but nice too see how they are 60 odd years later.

[@daz4643]

Daz R, My old man and a few of my friends worked at Hem Heath.

[@michaelshaw8447]

Me too buddy I worked in the Winghay at 612 level, best job I ever had

[@admiralbenbow5083]

I went down that shaft in a giant 6 man bucket on the end of a cable, I think it was in `92. We were suppliers of an additive that was going into the sump concrete right at the bottom. We descended at speed but it still took a good 20 mins to get there. It was a vertical mile. The tiny orange dot one could just see below us at the start turned out to be a huge construction site at the bottom. Best day at work I ever had !!

[@johnprice6548]

Don't think any shaft was a vertical mile bud, big K was less than 1 km, and I think that was deepest coal mine in uk

[@123hero321]

The Recess is an inset, it could have been a pumping lodge or a partially bashed off landing in the shaft. The shaft lining failure may have been caused by water pressure against the shaft lining with a void behind creating a difference of force causing it to fail, it would have taken a fair amount of pressure from the strata to cause that failure against the water pressure but it is possible. Colliery Mechanical Engineer.

[@robertmaitland09]

Oof that's deep, reminded me of when I visited Caphouse and stood on the glass looking down the 140 meter shaft there, all those brick placed by the hands of men long since gone. Respect.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, not been there, must be pretty good to do.

[@seanDB1989]

@@UKAbandonedMineExploresI went last Friday - it’s fantastic. I’m 34 and from South Derbyshire, so I was too young to ever go down one of the many pits around here.

[@FrederikWynants]

Thank you for sharing this very interesting footage! I've allways wondered how a flooded mineshaft looks like and thanks to this fantastic images i got to know :-) Very nice video !

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, I was the same, it was great that they gave me this footage :)

[@rredscotland]

Thank you for sharing this ,amazing how they lined the shaft all the way down!

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

I know, a lot of very dangerous work in terrible conditions.

[@cynthiatyler1606]

Wow what an amazing structure. This is a really interesting explore. Haven't seen one like this before. Thanks

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Hi Cynthia, thanks, it was a real pleasure restoring the footage and editing it all, I do believe this is unique at the moment.

[@rea2605]

That opening you asked about might well have been an 'Inset' which looked as if it had bricked up and sealed. These were used to access shallower or old seams. The colliery I worked at in the mid 50s had two such 'Insets' one had been sealed the other had a swinging platform that dropped across the gap to the cage. It allowed access to another seam being worked rather than go down one of the other shafts and walk a mile or so to the same spot.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

I was actually told by a miner who worked there that it's actually a blocked off level.

[@jackharrison6771]

Can anyone else imagine being down there, ALONE [with air of course]. I wonder if you get some odd dreams. Very interesting, and thanks for posting.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Your welcome :)

[@logiclee1]

Spent plenty of time over 1000M down and several KM in on my own with only a cap lamp for light. Turn out your cap lamp and the darkness is total, can't even see you hand in front of your face.

[@davids.9834]

The "pipe" is accually a pump and those bowels at the bottom of the pipe are the impellers. A long shaft goes down through the center of the pipe and spins the impellers. If I had to guess I would say they are using the old mine as a public water supply well.That pump looks newer than 1960.. Probably pumping out of the shaft and into a reservoir before treatment. This is probably why they are doing a camera inspection as well, because it is a public water supply well. I am in that line of work....... but over in the USA.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Ahh, thanks for that, possibly right there.

[@christopherburson2465]

Thank you for sharing that, an incredible structure, and the incredible contrast now from the noise and bustle of its hard won construction, use, and now the incessant quiet, cool and the water. I have only ever seen these things from the surface before, amazing the huge effort people put in, probably for meagre rewards. Thanks again.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, fascinating to see inside these places all these years later.

[@johnmelling9950]

The mines that closed in the early 90s were filled with limestone from the bottom right up to the top and then a reinforced concrete cap was poured. I'm guessing the older shafts were just capped off at the top like this one. It wont be in our lifetime but in many years to come, researchers and future historians will probably go back down some of these mines perhaps using autonomous vehicles or robots. Many of them still have lots of machinery down them that was left when the pits closed. You never know but there could even become a time in the future were there is a need to extract the remaining coal as theres still lots of it left untouched under the UK.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

They don't do coal mines, but there is actually a chanel called 'Lost Mines' that do ROV down old mine shafts etc :)

[@johnmelling9950]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores thanks ill give it a check out

[@JONESSTI01]

I had a mate who worked at one, hard to say exactly but it was somewhere between Thorne and goole.. and as you say filled with rock. Grandad worked at Rothwell pit in leeds

[@andykopgod]

Absolutely fascinating, love this, always wondered how they filled in and capped deep shafts like this, this ones open, and still quite deep. Love to see more like this 👏👏

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks, it was a pleasure to edit this one :o)

[@petemoss8625]

when i left school 15yrs old ,I went to work at Harworth colliery, I will always remember an old timer telling me to look through a hole in the cage at the top of the shaft, you could just see the bottom, it was a pin prick of light, just like a star at night. a bloody long way down.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Nice :)

[@Tox1415]

We did a band concert at the bottom of the shaft at Harworth. It was a world record at the time. There was a picture up in the band room of it.

[@Dwaine-ej7nm]

Best explore iv ever seen you never get to see what is below the water so this was amazing to see thanks guys 💯👌👍

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Your welcome, glad you enjoyed :)

[@alexhiggins7307]

My father and Grandfather, Great Grandfather were colliers. Fair play to them, death only lurks around the corner at any moment. My grandmother always told me, if you end up underground, I'll never speak to you again. I can see why...

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Can’t believe we used to play dare and hang over the shaft at fryston pit after it was closed it was just left for months and we used to climb the structures and play in the pit..We were crazy thinking back but there was no security or nothing and there were older men working illegally taking all the scrap..Crazy days the 80s it was left like that for months after

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Scary what you don't realise as a kid :)

[@Gladiamdammit]

Absolutely incredible. What a ride! Cheers again, m8's.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed, this is a one off to show people what its actually like in these places.

[@seeker3886]

That was magnificent - I want to see the bottom as well, plus more flooded shafts.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

This footagevwas given to us by a company, they were tasked with examining the collapse so there is no footage further down unfortunately

[@nickmallinder6767]

The recess I believes entrance to old workings coal was a big part of my life growing up in Yorkshire especially the strike as great as this is fantastic to see I still kills me to see communities still struggling after the death of king coal

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Been told by a guy that worked there, arched bit was the level.

[@nickmallinder6767]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores which mine was this and are you planning on any more It’s fantastic to see yet with a tinge of sadness

[@richardamner7432]

Here in Wales its the same struggle for the communities, I'm in West Wales not the Valleys where it is worse, from my rear garden I can see sites of at least 15 old mines, Cyheidre was the largest, I love the history of mining and love to explore the old surface areas.

[@fratiloiutommy2938]

Great footage! Great exploring! I was really hoping for a second part where you reached the bottom.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Ya, the reason they sent the camera down was to survey the damage, the bottom was a lot further down.

[@jonsteadisno1]

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for sharing. So many questions and where to start. When was it sunk?, was it always a dewatering shaft?, no reinforcing-catchment rings seen on the way down?, the recess at 160m sits within a stone arch. Another level, maybe, or the remains of the ventilation system?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

I can't give specific information so as not give away location, but sunk early 1800s, nope, it was an operational shaft, older than re-enforcing rings. I've been told by somebody who worked there that re ess is a level. Glad you enjoyed :)

[@paulbrennan3996]

My God excellent work going back in the past, Ghosts of the past brilliant my Dad was a coal miner, My grandad and the rest of the Lads in My dad's family . Respect interesting thanks 🙏👏👏

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed :)

[@edwardbyard6540]

Not quite the same, but the UK Mining Museum north of Sheffield is worth a visit. You get a real sense as you travel down the shaft just what hell it was working in a pit. Respect and thanks to all miners everywhere.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Driven past that, must pay a visit sometime :)

[@jonpertwee123]

Reminds me of my local colliery, Cefn coed in crynant, all the men in my family worked there til it closed in the 60s, then transferred across the road to blaenant drift which used the same shafts for ventilation but then closed in the 90s. Then my valley died.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yep coal is a bit of a dead industry here, only one small colliery operating here.

[@nigelwilliams7403]

My Grandpa worked the Seven Sisters pit. Cefn Coed very deep, now has a museum

[@stewartbond8037]

​@@UKAbandonedMineExplores is there still a working colliery in the country . Used to live in Tamworth not far from Where pooleypit was but I can't find any old pictures at all . I know amington had mine shafts as myaunts house was built over one. Where can I find more information please

[@Seat1AJoe]

Magnificent video 💯

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@paulfrost4222]

It looks to be a large stone arch that's been bricked up with a small recess in the middle maybe an old tunnel they bricked up to help support the stone arch

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

I've been told it was actually a bricked up level.

[@iainpaton7129]

Absolutely 💯amazing video 📹👏thank you so much please keep the great videos coming 👍from Scotland

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Glad you enjoyed, thanks for the feedback :)

[@donalfinn4205]

Great to see this.👏🇨🇮

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks :)

[@nickelmickel4170]

Amazing footage,seing the bottom would have been a buzz.👍🇦🇺

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks, not sure if the camera would have imploded.

[@stephenlee2571]

Suspect the shaft always had a water problem and the inset housed some sort of tank for collection of water running down the shaft walls to be pumped out

[@scorpian1960]

As an ex coalminer this interests me, I would love to go underground again it stays in your blood

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Well ifvyiur in the North East of UK or can get there, can show you the wonders :)

[@scorpian1960]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores I asm not too far away, I live in Scotland

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

Come on a holiday to Wales and you go visit Pwll Mawr (the national mining museum of Wales). It’s an old colliery and they still take you underground in the cage.

[@scorpian1960]

@@CymruEmergencyResponder there's a mining museum in Wakefield where you go underground

[@quinn1166]

Just wondering what kinda rig was used to get this footage, some sorta purpose built camera? the footage is great!

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

I don't know for sure because the footage was provided to us by a professional company.

[@kevinbird9194]

I worked at bentinck pit as a deputy. For 6 months I was with the blacksmiths and would travel on top of the shift...incredible and dangerous times bit loved itb

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, ex miners I know say it was dangerous, dirty work, but they’d go back tomorrow :)

[@kevinbird9194]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores I would go back in a heartbeat

[@supernick2072]

Whoever installed that pipe. Has balls.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Indeed :)

[@exploringwithchris9433]

Loved every minute amazing

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed.

[@bladesman123]

Amazing how clear the water is, I presumed it would be cloudy, great vid.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks, yes, all the sediment quickly settles to the bottom.

[@bladesman123]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores Which colliery is it?

[@RichieWellock]

great i did a low tech version down a old air shaft but my version leaves you with a headache as the camera goes into uncontrollable spin. great footage of the flooded sections in your video.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, we didn't dob thus video, it was a professional survey. Our attempts at another shaft had same issues you had.

[@PaulanthonyBridge-kt4eg]

In my house.

[@peterthornton2396]

Great and rare video. Am I right in thinking the water came in under pressure through the shaft wall resulting in the damage?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks, usually just raises slowly as the water table floods the mines back up, if it had been under pressure would have risked it being destroyed whilst in use u less something has changed geologically since.

[@thomasdonald3291]

That blue pipe looks new, is it occasionally pumped out at all?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

I've no idea sorry :(

[@Zubatec]

Amazing, no words needed. Thanks from CZ 🙋‍♂️

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Glad you enjoyed :)

[@Zubatec]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores it is scary and amazing at the same time. Plus the music you added makes it astonishing. I really enjoyed it 😍

[@AdventuresRUs]

Awesome video guys!! Informative too, thanks for that, we’re new to the exploration game!! New sub here!!

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks, lot of work goes into them, editing next ar the moment :)

[@Themantogoto]

Subbed for the Stargate reference, it truly does look like MALP footage from the show.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Lol, cheers.

[@imre888]

Sensational! The combination of video and music is brilliant. Will there be a video of the 282 m bottom?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks, no video of bottom, this was commissioned to survey the damage.

[@imre888]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores thanks , and it would have been interesting.....

[@paulwilliams5713]

Incredible photography

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks :)

[@rickylappin8862]

Its hard to imagine all the men working down there . The craftsmen ship is amazing

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, it really is :)

[@maestromanification]

Absolutely amazing video. How deep does the shaft actually go, are there any plans to do further shaft filmings. I'd love to see a camera down Skelton Park downcast shaft

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks, this one 200 metres deep. No more plans, this footage was kindly donated to the channel.

[@angliscsaxon1288]

The day they shut our last coal mine was the end of an era and the beginning of an error

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

:o(

[@xprime2159]

Oi

[@TonyBanks21]

I understand,now they want to open a new deep level coal mine!! The way our Government acts,doesn’t make sense to me !

[@cloudcraft7153]

Coal mines weren’t safe, millions died in them.

[@angliscsaxon1288]

@@cloudcraft7153 yes we know, but this is what we're forced to do in order to put a roof over our head, food on the table and clothes on our back as other jobs just dont pay enough

[@ScienceChap]

Were the shafts or levels routinely painted at all? Sone of the brickwork looks as if it was whitewashed.

[@ewenlamont3861]

Grate video we like it scotland

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks very much :)

[@buffplums]

Better than a Ben Was O Cam video

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Naaa, dissagree

[@timothyrobertson1383]

What would the conditions now be at Gresford?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

@@timothyrobertson1383 likely flooded like the rest.

[@stigofthedump9439]

It's unfathomable to even start to think about how they got all the bricks down there 🤯

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

@@stigofthedump9439 lowered down by crane in kibbles :)

[@steviejaypyne1]

Great video, what colliery is this ?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thankyou. Unfortunatly, not at liberty to say which colliery it is unfortunatly.

[@leecrenshaw5687]

I truly thank you guys for this video. How deep do you think it truly is? If you went to 650 ft how much farther down does it go

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Thanks for feedback, it goes around another 200ft.

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

Good video I am a bit confused ... The abandoned coal mine nearest to where I live in the UK is Sacriston Colliery it closed in 1985 I went back there to investigate and all I could see was a "Capped off" Reinforced concrete square over the top of what used to be the mine shaft and a small white diamond shape stone in the middle on the concrete. My question is HOW could you explore this abandoned mine??? It has a big square of concrete over the top of what used to be the mine shaft. Can I ask do you think it will now be flooded and full of water ...since it closed 36 Years ago.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Funnily enough, Sacriston Colliery is 20 minutes from me. This footage was provided to us by a professional survey company, but most caps have some sort of access hatch for this and maintanence. As to wether Sacriston is flooded, knowing it's location, I'd imagine so, depends on the natural level of the water table in the area, most coal mines accessed by shaft are now flooded. Irony is that it's the pressure of the water that helps preserve them.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Talking of flooded mines, we have a new video tomorrow where we get into a mine that is a wee bit flooded but nobody has been in a VERY long time.

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores Thank you for the quick reply ... You have a new subscriber ... I wonder if in the future Coal will be ever be mined again in the UK ... I know they left around 25 Years worth of coal in Kellingley Colliery when it closed in 2015.. A lot of people in the UK don't understand that coal mining is still very much in business in many countries all over the world in the such as USA, Australia, China ..It seems it is only the UK that thinks that coal is not viable anymore.. The thing is ..Once we run out of Gas and it will happen... Then we may see the need for coal once again ... I will look forward to the rest of your video's ..Kind regards Brian

[@streaky81]

@@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206 even gas doesn't have much of a future, beyond the next 40 years. They're already doing experiments with mixing hydrogen in, there will come a time that it'll either be everything electric or pure hydrogen if you're wanting to burn something. What happened to the UK coal industry is a sad affair for many reasons, but we've only done what is a matter of time for the rest of the world anyway - you can't fight the end of an industry that has no future. If that ever changes, which I can't imagine, there are huge reserves of coal still down there and there'll be no shortage of people willing to go down. All the European coal mines will be shut before long, the US will follow not too long after and China is already doing everything it can to move away from it.

[@christopherburson2465]

@@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206 Coal was used as a chemical feedstock before oil was easily available, everything from plastics to medicines were produced from it. I do wonder if future generations will mine it again to use for chemicals again, rather than as a fuel, its a valuable resource, just not viable or fashionable at this time.

[@theowdgit9790]

Still a few uncapped pits in the wigan area if yo know were to look.

[@TheSilmarillian]

Yep just the amount of work to brick something like that truly amazing indeed

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yrs, a lot of very dangerous work involved.

[@markm-ci6rj]

Why??? What difference does it make if the shaft collapsed and if it does what can be done about it?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Because that collapse makes the brickwork above unstable, causing the collapse yo work its way up the shaft to the surface.

[@mutley23able]

You would not want to fall down there 😮😱

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

You wouldn't be coming back out!

[@mutley23able]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores Scary as hell, literally 😧great Video, amazing how they dug them out and brick lined them all those years ago. Think I'd have constant anxiety being down there 😲

[@andquin1476]

this might sound a silly question but surely the amount of work and cost to build this from house bricks alone would cost more than the coal itself ? this would have taken years and the cost of it all is just beyond imaginable, and these were built everywhere , all over the uk..who could have financed such a build in them times , and the quality of the brick laying looks like top quality work, they were pointed up ,arch ways aswell , it makes no sense at all really when you think about it.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

I see your point but ut must have made financial sense or it would not have been done.

[@andquin1476]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores , i live next to chatterly whitfield and read a article saying that it was some type of aircraft base before it was a mine and that was why it had such tall outbuildings, i never imagined a mine looking like that underground , there is a shaft that opened up quite recent right across from where i live , i think they said it was a bell pit or something, great video anyway,

[@andquin1476]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores i think i made the mistake of basing the financial aspect on only coal being extracted, there would have been all types of minerals mined prior to coal and worth a hell of a lot more money...could i ask what your opinion is about old churches and cathederals being old mining head gear ? or blackpool tower also looks a lot like mining structures, i think all landmarks and towers from history were former sites...im only speculating obviously, and the bell towers were a giant version of the kings hook safety device used to stop the cage falling back down the shaft?

[@paulcharlton4788]

It was all massively subsidised hence why the government eventually got fed up and forced them to close.

[@stephenwhitehead1160]

Which colliery was this??

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Can’t give location out sorry.

[@frankjackson8]

Just imagine the blood, sweat and tears, quite apart from the time and cost, that went into sinking shafts like this one. But could you please explain why a 'pumping' shaft needed to be as big as 14' in diameter AND what size of engine would have been required to lift (drain) the water from the bottom of the shaft when the mine was working ?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, a painfull amount of labour, all by candlelight too, must have been terrifying for the young guys. Site has only a down and up shaft so not sure why it's called the pumping shaft, unless it was repurposed after closure to keep water at a certain level? Couldn't tell you about the engine, I have zero knowledge on that regard. Glad you enjoyed.

[@SimonRobinsonSRNetworks]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores Not certain but sometimes old shafts where used as pumping shafts when the colliery shut down. This was to drain water from other nearby working mines

[@tfred6403]

Regarding 14 ft diameter shaft: I think this was done for ventilation. Mine air flows either through vent columns which are pipes with a relatively large diameter, or through excavations, meaning tunnels and stope. Airflow occurs only when there is a force or pressure to drive it. Friction along the sides of an airway or from obstructions in it provide resistance to air flow. The larger the cross-sectional area of an airway, the less the resistance. (Is 14 feet). The bricking also helped reduce the resistance. The wall damage may have occurred from a blowout when water levels were lower. The water then filled to the blowout level.

[@PaulanthonyBridge-kt4eg]

Imagine the enormous weight of several hundred metres of water. It takes serious power to pump it up to the fukin surface Susan Balavoigne.......

[@petemoss8625]

do you know the name of pit shown in the vid, ta

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, I do but can't say unfortunately

[@stevesims4243]

Why not

[@mrlister2000]

@@stevesims4243 Because "urban explorers" will go and trash it, like they do at most old mines.

[@StephenWatson-qj1ze]

The Inset could have been a Pump Lodge as to pump water out of a mine the pumps were in stages i the Shaft

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Good idea :)

[@Capt_Y_Fronts]

I've watched this before and left with a question but never asked. How did they know there had been a collapse or did a previous camera survey pick it up?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Picked up on a previous survey, these are done with a schedule.

[@victorjolley5355]

just out of curiosity what kind of camera is that , that will take those pressures

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

It's something.like this : www.tester.co.uk/cctv-drain-pipe-inspection-camera-20m-30m-40m-recordable?gclid=CjwKCAjwi9-HBhACEiwAPzUhHC5cxw2-qQ1v9bYddbWpEVOTNk8cyrFJ-hsvglVFK7LWXdB3AsMnlhoCJHQQAvD_BwE

[@victorjolley5355]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores thamks for that

[@alouisschafer7212]

The mining industry is long gone but the mines are all still there. Every now and then they remind us of that by caving in or polluting our water when toxic water from deep down floods up to the surface. Undocumented Shafts and cavities are still being discovered.

[@explodingsausage6576]

Which pit was this?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Sorry, don’t give out location.

[@explodingsausage6576]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores Why not?

[@jw2218]

Seeing this footage reminded me of when they first found the titanic.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

In its own sense, maybe just as historic :)

[@andrewexcell747]

Hi from New Zealand. Absolutely mindblowing video guys. What an amazing perspective. Definitely nothing better than this , out there. Be interesting to see the bottom of the shaft some day. What's the diameter of the shaft.? Thanks for the adventure. From the land of the Kiwis.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yep, not sure their kit designed to go that deep. The shaft is 14ft across. Your welcome and thanks for the feedback :)

[@nickmallinder6767]

The damage at the bottom of the shaft could be due to the ropes been cut and the cages doing the damage

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Now that would have been something yo see, bet they don't do that these days.

[@nickmallinder6767]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores If you put on craghead on here they filmed it made a rayt clatter they closed craghead in the 60s too

[@davidscanlon5132]

Know what you should do with a flooded shaft? Stick a sump pump down there and leave it for a few days and see what happens

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

A bad idea if you watch the video, you see there is a huge structural failure, you remove all the water, you remove the pressure of the water on the sides, guess what then happens to tge area where its already failed?

[@MrAndysoul]

Was it Dawdon colliery when they serviced the pumps ?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Nope, not that one.

[@buffplums]

Wonder if Ben O Cam was ever down there before it flooded lol 😂

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Lol, coal, so unlikely.

[@buffplums]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores haha propper job!

[@Brucie7702]

We certainly have much more stylish mines, or at least mine entrances, than most american ones that ive seen

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

That is true.

[@xboxcrazee]

There’s something similar on line of the shaft at chatterly

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Ooh, I'll have a look :)

[@Capt_Y_Fronts]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores ANOTHER ONE HERE. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eprcaYRpjt-anZI Coal authority youtube has a few on.

[@mookett]

Very interesting guys our shafts are nearly 3800 ft and i get to work in them every day shaft/ropeman a dying breed

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

That must be an experience.

[@thomasdonald3291]

Is it a UK pit?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Indeed it is.

[@3bears]

that was creepy af to watch

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Ya, suppose music doesn't help lol

[@3bears]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores as eerie as it was it was captivating and held me right to the end. Kinda gutted we didn't get to see the rubble at the bottom of the shaft! Great video!

[@1122geoff]

Could have been a pumping station to send waste water up the shaft

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

I was informed later it was one of the levels.

[@wateryearthdowsingsolutions]

Which mine is this please?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

We don’t give most line locations due to safety and preservation.

[@wateryearthdowsingsolutions]

@@UKAbandonedMineExplores I am not a pot holder, I'm engaged in finding the source of pollution in a town beginning with Wh............?

[@Andy-kf4rd]

Brilliantly fascinating are there anymore like this on YT

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

up, a few more if you search for 'shaft explore' )

[@artcregod]

Scary as shit! 😮

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yup, imagine falling in?

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

That's a long way down

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

It is but compared to some shafts, only a little way down.

[@mountainman6175]

The combination of video and music sent me to sleep - in a good way :-).. The mrs watches netflix in bed, i watch mineshafts....

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Lol, a comment with a difference. Thanks for feedback, glad you enjoyed :)

[@markm-ci6rj]

I am curious at to the equipment used, what did you use to lower the camera? Mines are fascinating, if I could go back I would be a mining engineer!

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

I don't know, we did not make this one.

[@PaulanthonyBridge-kt4eg]

I want this house.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

What house?

[@leathandrubb]

WAS THIS CHATTERLEY WHITFIELD COLLIERY?

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

No, they have their own video, that shaft is different.

[@leathandrubb]

OH! I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

[@daktamorganerkhagen5891]

Bricks in a mineshaft, don’t think so. This is a old underground tunnel system

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

That water must be a Snargate then ;)

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Major shafts in English collieries are often brick lined.

[@keithrimmer3]

Brill that Ste

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Cheeers :)

[@jimmykray9583]

Freaks me out

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Irs a long way down :)

[@PaulanthonyBridge-kt4eg]

What, was the camera imploding ???

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Nope, the guys had only been commissioned to survey to that depth.

[@Cxwl9]

Tell you what that NCB paint still looks in good shape lol .

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

It was good stuff :)

[@andywilliams949]

Really fascinating work my interest comes from my dad who was a miner here in north Wales (gresford.hafod.also ifton heath ) I loved the stories he used to tell me and I still have his work helmet

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Yes, wish I knew a coal miner, would love to hear the stories. Thankyou :)