Caving & mining

Caving & miningGoing underground

Introduction Caving safely Cave conservation Caving calendar (meets list)Try caving Digging/explorationExpeditions

Expeditions Antro del Corchia AlaskaMatienzo

Matienzo Matienzo 2003 Matienzo 2004 Matienzo 2007 Matienzo 2015

Young people Find photographs

Caves

IntroductionCaving areas

Caving areasDerbyshire

Derbyshire Robins Shaft Carlswark Cavern Rowter Mine

Yorkshire Dales North Wales South Wales Forest of Dean The Mendip Hills Devon Scotland Apuan Alps, Italy Alaska, USA Matienzo, Spain

Mines

IntroductionMining areas

Mining areas Mines in Cheshire Mines in Derbyshire Mines in Staffordshire Mines in Cumbria and Durham Mines in South-East England Mines in North and Mid Wales

Mines in North and Mid Wales North Wales mines database

Mines in Gloucestershire Mines in Devon and Cornwall Mines in the Isle of Man

NAMHO Mines database (under development)Gallery

Other holes

IntroductionOther underground places

Other underground places Stockport underground

Alderley Edge

Alderley EdgeThe mines

Introduction Database Wood Mine West Mine Engine Vein Brynlow Mine The Hough Level The Cobalt Mine Other mines Mottram Mine Virtual Tours

General history

Introduction Chronology DCC and Alderley timeline Archaeology Apotropaic Marks Names of mines Biographies Employment Employment 1870s summary Books and articles about the mines Identifying age by passage type

Geology and biology

Introduction Mineralisation Common minerals List of minerals Biology

Mining

Visiting the mines

What's on

Current activities Alderley calendar Exploration Archaeological work Research programme The DCC museum Lectures and exhibitions Rescue arrangements Legal issues AELP: The Landscape Project The National Trust

Photo gallery

Introduction Wood Mine West Mine Brynlow Mine Cobalt Mine Engine Vein Other Alderley mines Alderley Open days Exploration Mottram mines Hough Level Projects Early visitors Panoramas Find photographs

Around the Edge

Introduction The Legend of the Wizard The books by Alan Garner The Weirdstone of Brisingamen The Surgery The surrounding area

The DCC

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Useful pages Downloads Links Website map Website history Geographical mapping Data protection Cookie policy Copyright notice News archive Home page for mobile Home page for PC etc

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THE DCC TIMELINE

Troy VII Destroyed

1,250 BC

Elsewhere… Troy

Troy VII – a candidate for Homer’s Troy – is destroyed

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