During 2017 we installed logging equipment at several abandoned mining sites in the project area to record the calls of bats. Bats use high frequency calls, normally beyond the range of human hearing, to build up a sound picture of their surroundings. Different species echolocate at different frequencies which can be used to identify the […]
The ‘Our Industrial Heartland’ project will be at this years Skelton Library History Fayre on Wednesday. The centrepiece of our display will be a large map of the whole of Skelton showing all the mine workings underneath. Come and find your house ! Skelton Library Wednesday May 23rd 10am – 2pm FREE ADMISSION
I must first apologise for the attention grabbing headline, as this event was first reported by the Northern Echo on August 13th 1929 The damage to the walls (which have long since gone) has been caused by the underground ironstone workings Here’s a similar view today with a lot of tree growth since 1929. The […]
The method of working used throughout Cleveland is known at ‘Bord and Pillar’ The mine progresses forward by cutting a checkerboard of passages (bords) leaving pillars of ironstone about 20ft by 30ft supporting the roof. When the limit of working is reached, which could be the edge of the mining royalty or the outcrop of […]