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Hi there sports fans.
Well another year passes and another family holiday looms, so with the normal holiday stuff packed, ie caving helmet, 4 gas, lights and camera etc its off to do the DP/Subbrit stuff in Cyprus.
So the good lady is by the pool along with the other "Brits on holiday" and I`m off to do some mines.
I started off with the abandoned copper mines of the Kalavasos area in south east Cyprus, copper has been mined here for many years, the last mines closed down in the 1990`s.
It was a day of boom and bust.
first off was this loading ramp the whole area is full of tailings but I could not find an Adit that was
get in able.
Just along from this is the mine entrance but it has about 8 feet of back fill just inside which now means the main passage is proper flooded.
So on to the next site and what do you know some signs I cant read so in we go.
This mine has two protected concrete entrance ways that then lead to a 100-200 foot slope shaft.
There are passages going every which way.
Picture time.....
looking down the slope shaft.
Plenty of bats for company.
There is very little left down here, some cables and iron hooks in the tunnel walls.
Well this it for now, thanks to Tigger for the loan of the 4Gas the Beep Beep Beep makes
you feel a little safer.
There are a few more pictures on my FlickR site so pop over to
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/albums/72157658740236622
Thanks for looking all comments are most welcome.
Cheers Newage
Well another year passes and another family holiday looms, so with the normal holiday stuff packed, ie caving helmet, 4 gas, lights and camera etc its off to do the DP/Subbrit stuff in Cyprus.
So the good lady is by the pool along with the other "Brits on holiday" and I`m off to do some mines.
I started off with the abandoned copper mines of the Kalavasos area in south east Cyprus, copper has been mined here for many years, the last mines closed down in the 1990`s.
It was a day of boom and bust.
first off was this loading ramp the whole area is full of tailings but I could not find an Adit that was
get in able.
Just along from this is the mine entrance but it has about 8 feet of back fill just inside which now means the main passage is proper flooded.
So on to the next site and what do you know some signs I cant read so in we go.
This mine has two protected concrete entrance ways that then lead to a 100-200 foot slope shaft.
There are passages going every which way.
Picture time.....
looking down the slope shaft.
Plenty of bats for company.
There is very little left down here, some cables and iron hooks in the tunnel walls.
Well this it for now, thanks to Tigger for the loan of the 4Gas the Beep Beep Beep makes
you feel a little safer.
There are a few more pictures on my FlickR site so pop over to
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/albums/72157658740236622
Thanks for looking all comments are most welcome.
Cheers Newage