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Spent the day with Land of Lead and Silver (LoLaS) people assessing the former Barneycraig mine shop that now houses Carrshield Village Hall.

It's in good condition and we took hundreds of photos to make a photogrammetry model. Nick couldn't use his drone as there is a neighbour 400m away who objects to anything going on.

Had to hold a Bluetooth camera on a pole, lucky it wasn't windy. It's a big site with many adits, shafts and spoil heaps from lead mining. #Mining #Northumberland

In 1979, A #DeepSea #Mining Experiment Carved Up The Seabed. 44 Years On, We're Finding Out Its Impacts
“The most striking observation is that the tracks made by the mining machine 44 years ago look almost as if they were made yesterday,” study author Dr Adrian Glover of the Natural History Museum, London, told IFLScience. “This was not unexpected in a way. We know that biological processes in the deep sea are quite slow.”
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In 1979, A Deep-Sea Mining Experiment Carved Up The Seabed. 44 Years On, We're Finding Out Its Impacts
IFLScience · In 1979, A Deep-Sea Mining Experiment Carved Up The Seabed. 44 Years On, We're Finding Out Its ImpactsBy Rachael Funnell
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Zambia has a long history of mining, since it’s the second biggest copper producer in Africa. But things have kicked up a notch in the past couple of years as a result of the metal’s critical role in wind and solar power. @thexylom’s Kang-Chun Cheng looks at Zambia’s relationship with China, a huge investor since the 1970s, and what happened when she tried to visit the Copperbelt area of the country.

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The Xylom · Six Decades Later, Zambians Ask, “Were Chinese Mining Infrastructure Investments Worth It?”By Kang-Chun Cheng

Society for the Study of Labour History: Yorkshire Miners Association archives now indexed and catalogued online. “Work at the Modern Records Centre to catalogue the archive of the Yorkshire Miners Association is now complete with a catalogue live online at the University of Warwick website.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/06/society-for-the-study-of-labour-history-yorkshire-miners-association-archives-now-indexed-and-catalogued-online/

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