I had a brilliant time with family discovering deep underground at Nenthead Mine in Weardale. A month ago I got to go up top, this time it was amazing exploring the mine and finding out how they got lead and zinc out hundreds of years ago. #nenthead #weardale

Oct 2019. Nenthead, Cumbria. Vast abandoned lead and zinc mine with plenty of artifacts, false floors and shafts #cave #caving #speleo #mine #mineexploring #srt #singleropetechnique #nenthead #cumbria #lead #zinc #artifacts

Siderite (iron carbonate) forming thin layers that causes irridescence, in Nenthead
#mine #mineexplore #explore #mineral #irridescence #siderite #leadmine #zincmine #nenthead