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56 CONISTON COPPER MINES REDISCOVEREDwhen an alternative line of descent was discovered. Starting behind adetached pinnacle at the base of the entry pitch, this led into a veryshattered zone, where it was possible to free climb down a narrow fissurewhich became tight at the bottom. This brought us to an open areawhere, high up above, the stemples could be seen that once supportedthe floor of a tunnel which, at the time, we did not realise was Tunnel L6in Levers Water Mine. (See Levers Water Mine Plan No.4.) The nextsection involved a HI metre abseil into a sloping passage, followed by anacute pendule into a tunnel underneath containing a wheelbarrow andnumerous hand drills. Then came another 1(1 metre abseil to the base ofa rubble slope. This slope was ascended to the bottom of a long laddergoing up through two false floors, but this was not safe to climb.Continuing the descent, an 11 metre abseil and a short scramble broughtus into a tunnel running into a collapse beneath a false floor to thesouth-east. Two old ladders were stowed here. We thought perhaps thatthe tunnel might be part of the Top Level system, but later, frommeasurements taken, realised it was too low to be part of the Top LevelHorizon. At the north-western end of the tunnel, where the stope bends80° to the left, a 7 metre ore shute, followed by a 14 metre abseil landedus at the bottom of Brow Stope again. The two routes described todescend Brow Stope have been linked two thirds of the way down, by aseries of traverses.It was not until 26th May 1985, that the connections between BrowStope and Levers Water Mine were proved, when we abseiled fromTunnel L5 down the ladderway. and discovered it was the same ladderthat had been reached from below on 3rd February 1985. as noted inthe previous paragraph.The description of Grey Crag/Hospital Level system in Part II refersto the theory that part of the floor was false. This theory was put to thetest in February 1986. when work commenced. A lot of rubble andtimber was either removed or shored up in order to make the area safeto work in. The following Sunday. 16th February 1986, further clearancework was done which revealed an iron trap door, solidly rusted closed.The water draining along the level disappeared down around the doorand a light shone through the gap allowed a glimpse of a ladder goingdown into the depths. It was an intriguing discovery but another weekelapsed before it was possible to gain entry with the assistance of oxyacetalinecutting gear. A rope was lowered and three members abseiledthrough the cascade of water into the large stope below. It was thought itcould be the same stope as the one in Paddy End Shaft below Grey CragLevel, not far away, but no connection was found. The bottom wasreached at about 55 metres. It was piled high with collapsed rubble.
Peter Fleming 37THE CONISTON COPPERMINES^OLIShowing winding arrangements atHospital Shaft, Paddy End Mine.Once again we were denied access to Deep Level, but high in the stopeto the north was what appeared to be a sub-level which wouldcorrespond to the one shown on the old mine plans. The most interestingdiscovery was a complete ore wagon partially buried in the rubble abovethe base of the stope. It was the first one we had found in ConistonMines. It was of an all steel construction and appeared to be an endtipper. There was no way it could have fallen from Grey Crag Level, sowe assumed it came from the sub-level. To date this stope has not beenre-visited, and no effort has been made to reach the sub-level.
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132 IN MEMORIAMwhich took him into
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134 IN MEMORIAMRoman Wall. Indeed,
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136 INMEMORIAMMozart's "Ave Verum"
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138 INMEMORIAMthree volumes, as it
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140 IN MEMORIAMhis numerous article
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