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Allan and Neil waiting to descend the main 400 ft shaft by winch.

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Title: Allan and Neil waiting to descend the main 400 ft shaft by winch.

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10. New rope traverse (top) and main passage (below)11. Crossing the traverse at Manhattan on the way outGolconda Mine - May 2008
Allan and Neil waiting to descend the main 400 ft shaft by winch.Pete looking over one of the pumps still in place in the mine from the 1950 period.Steve looks up at a miners' improvised staircase.
Neil poses beside a full tub of barites rich material waiting to be tipped down the chute into other tubs that were taken to the surface.Writing on a ceiling in the Great Shack. The writing dates the working to the 1790s.In the Great Shack where there is natural calcite deposited in the chamber. The Great Shack was a natural cave infilled with mud and galena.

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