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	The Cobalt Mine
The Cobalt Mine was worked in the early nineteenth century for cobalt used in pottery glaze.

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The Wizard Car Park shaft, the first shaft cleared, now covered in leaves	Tom's Shaft conveniently located inside the DCC museum	The well, first point of entry	Holly Shaft in the woods near the main car park. The shaft is the earthy mound	Looking up the temporary ladder in Tom's Shaft
The bottom of Tom's Shaft. Steps can be seen in the wall. The water level goes up and down.	In the flats near the main car park entrance	A circular winze within the mine	Small passages	In the flats. The walls are 'deadwalls' left by the miners.
One of the smaller sections in the Cobalt Mine	Shuttering where sand has slipped down from above. The flat wall on the right is the fault wall.	The arched passage near Holly Shaft. The white line shows a previous water level.	A sump near Holly Shaft	Working on the staging in Holly Shaft
Climbing out	The pump head on Well Shaft	Looking down Tom's Shaft in the museum	In the upper levels	Deadwalling in the upper levels
The holw through from Well Shaft to the workings	Crawling through the workings	Coming through to Holly Shaft	Looking up Holly Shaft