Thread: Abandoned mine on Crosby hut track

Originally Posted by rewa

Spent every xmas holidays up there, as a kid, explored heaps of gold mines The Old guys up there told us not to go into any mine that DIDNT have wetas.. but then again,they might've hated kids. Watch out for vertical shafts running down in the middle of the floor,nearly went fell down one of those, and they could be covered in rotten wood etc

Sounds like great fun!

How come you weren't supposed to go into a mine without wetas?

Now that sounds dodgy as.

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Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Sounds like great fun!

How come you weren't supposed to go into a mine without wetas?

Now that sounds dodgy as.

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Gas

Originally Posted by Tommy

Gas

Ah I see. I reckoned it might be contaminated air or something.

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Originally Posted by Tommy

Gas

Yup I come from coal mining and there is heaps of different gases you can get.
Usually stone drives not so bad but decomposing wood and timber etc can produce some and at the least you could have Carbon dioxide down there.
Cant breath that stuff.

I will also add stone drives nowhere near coal reserves. If there is coal around, any gasmake from the coal is likely to be present.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

If there is coal around, any gasmake from the coal is likely to be present.

Light a candle and biff that down the shaft before you go - if it goes out or there is a big explosion, don't go in