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''Gravel'' spoil heap |
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Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carron, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
A good days digging, all the visible ground has been systematically dug to the bedrock, the distinct hole in the centre of the photograph is (unknown at the time) actually a pothole in the limestone bedrock! |
| © Barry Flannery | Photo ID: 126714 View Count: 258 |
Sheshodonnell East Mine |
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Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carron, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
An ongoing operation by myself which has been finally completed, all the spoil from the rucksack (far right) to the foreground has been systematically dug to the bedrock. The remaining spoil in the distant right has been probed to a deep depth in serveral spots but is extremely poor in smithsonite, practically barren. The site no longer or at ... |
| © Barry Flannery | Photo ID: 126715 View Count: 221 |
Sheshodonnell East mine before it was cleared. |
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Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carron, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
Sheshodonnell East mine as it was in August 1989. The edge of a subsidence crater marking the location of the shaft is barely visible in the foreground. There were two waste heaps. A pile of barren rubble out of sight to the right, and the finely crushed pile in the background which contained many small pieces of smithsonite, but has now been ... |
| © Dr Stephen Moreton | Photo ID: 166257 View Count: 124 |
