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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2023
- So this is an old Ironstone Mine, once used by Dorman Long to mine Ironstone bound for the furnaces of the Tees. Some of todays findings, gave a great insight to the conditions these men and boys toiled for a few shillings to make the world..
I cant give the location of the mine, out of respect to the landowner's wishes (who gave full access permission), and for safety reasons.
These places are extremely dangerous, as you can tell in some of the images. Aside from the numerous ceiling collapses, theres very low oxygen in parts too.
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if its Eston then there's something very odd going on in those tunnels! I entered them as a kid ie under 15 a couple of time, and would you believe once in the pig fields there used to be a completely open shaft, we would lay on our stomachs slither over till our heads were peaking over the black hole and drop bricks etc it was deep, they took several seconds to hit the bottom. Years later we entered from another access when we had to remove some breeze blocks, and with torches we carried on, glad that i took the advice to wear boots, while a continuous cool draft cut through my tracksuit top.
Then after 10-15 mins getting some bearings, we found a slightly inclining dry runnel from which emanated the low unnerving moans of this subterranean wind, and after about 50 metres in, it bent slightly before seeming to plateau into a bigger space. We were shivering with the damp & cool unceasing breeze. Then all three of us heard it, something that instantly froze us still, the unmistakable noise of movement,
- a rat ? one of us mouthed at almost a whisper, but we knew it seemed too capacious of a sound for a rat to make.
-maybe we should just f*ck off, hissed my other companion,
-maybe its a dog trapped like, i ventured. I picked up a stone and lobbed it gently into the space ahead of us, while blowing low the standard whistle we give dogs... instantly, what sounded like a startled scramble, we heard it run away the sound of it quickly receding in the darkness, i looked around to my companions noting one had hastily departed, the other face illumined with uncertainty by my torch, pleas
-'away lets get the f*ck out here! i agreed.
For many years we've debated and argued about what we heard, the only thing we know is that it was at least the size of small/medium dog, judging by the volume of the noise it made as it scarpered off.
How could a dog get inside this place (and survive), it wouldn't be easy unless there are small animal size entrances somewhere. and if it wasn't (which i don't believe it was) then what on earth could it of been? A Mystery indeed.
Now this is right up my street. I've had a life-long interest in the ironstone mines. I've never ventured subterranean yet but have a thirst to see the underworld. Excellent image capture 👍👍
Thanks Paul. Same here… If you haven’t seen it already, watch A Century in Stone. Produced locally by Craig Hornby of Pancrack Tv. It documents Eston Mines and the boom or iron which put Middlesbrough on the map. It’s a fantastic dvd
Excellent video! I know the mine did you enter via the hole around the tree? A friend and i ventured in, but no where near the depths use went, what was the air quality?
@@jamescalvert6352 19.8% at entry, down to 14% in places
How long did you spend in there? I never realise how big it is inside
@@jamescalvert6352 about three hours,
This is a fascinating video which has brought back some memories of mine which you may be interested in. There's a part of this story which some may call bulls**t, but I'll get to that later . Anyway, back in 1996 the year before I left school, somebody managed to dig into the side of one of the drift entrances to Upleatham mines which is now Errington Woods or New Marske woods to those of us who lived in New Marske. The hole they dug was barely wide enough to squeeze through, but being 15 years old and care free of any danger myself and a group of mates decided we would go in for a look around. What we found was absolutely extraordinary and to this day I remember it like it was yesterday.
Inside we found a tunnel like the ones seen in this video, and that tunnel branched off in different directions. We knew we had to go exploring so the following day we returned wearing old clothes and rucksacks full of paper, we took the paper as we intended to explore the tunnels and would tear off bits of paper every 10 meters or so to ensure we wouldn't get lost. We went into the mine every day for about a week, and I honestly wouldn’t want to hazard a guess at how far we went into that hill, but we needed to go back at one point as we were struggling to breathe due to the lack of air. What we found in those tunnels was incredible. We came into a wide open area with a shelf carved into the side of it at sitting height, it was clearly some kind of bait / break room as we found preserved tin bait boxes, boots and glass bottles. I remember trying to pick up one of the bait boxes and it just disintegrated in my fingers like dust, obviously due to the fact it had been there untouched for at least 80 years maybe more. The boots were the same, they crumbled like dry biscuits when we touched them, stood rotting for the best part of a century. The timber supports at the tunnel sides were so rotten they were like sponge, you could literally push your finger right into them. It was a very bizarre feeling knowing we were the first people to be there for so many decades.
Anyway, this is the part where you either believe me or you don't , but hand on heart this is true and to this day still has a profound effect on me. One of my mates decided to take one of the glass bottles we found back to his mum and dads house as kind of a souvenir kind of thing. It was a green glass bottle with a cork or something like that in the top, the bottle had 'Captain Cook Store' etched into it, I'm not sure what the contents would have been. Not long after he took that bottle home with him, him and his family started experiencing strange things happening in their house. I know this not to be bullshit because I remember his mum telling me they had heard loud banging noises in the house during the early hours of the morning, and at that time she had no idea about this bottle we had found in the mines, nobody knew we had been going into the mines. My friend who took the bottle said he had a nightmare that week which terrified him, where a man wearing a flat cap was stood over him in his sleep screaming into his face. This coupled with the fact both his mum and dad asked him if he'd heard the loud banging in the house made him believe it was something to do with the bottle. His mum even said to me a few years later she remembers feeling like someone was watching her everytime she moved around the house.
My mate took the bottle back up the woods and rolled it back into the entrance hole, obviously shit scared to go back into the mine. Things went strait back to normal at this mum and dads house. That following week the council got wind of kids going into the hole and into the mines and they back filled the hole with hardcore and buried the area in a huge soil heap.
My mate is sadly no longer with us, he took his own life back in 2020 but he never spoke to anyone about what happened back then as it messed with his head for a long time afterwards, if anyone ever asked him about it he would get quite angry and want nothing to do with the conversation. It sounds like something out out of a ghost story book but it happened and to this day still makes me shiver.
I'm glad I experienced seeing the inside the mines at New Markske but you wouldn't get me back down there now for any amount of money. I have nothing but the upmost respect for those men and boys who toiled in those cold dark tunnels for a living.
Great story, thank you for sharing. Upleatham mine is on the wish list to explore.. There’s a way in somewhere…
@@whiterosealtitude I have to say, Upleatham wasn’t in as good condition as wherever you guys were. The tunnels in this video look fairly intact, I remember when we were in the mines up New Marske a lot of the tunnels had collapses from above and the sides, we were crazy going down there when I look back, but it was an incredible experience and one which I’ll never forget.
@@whiterosealtitude I’m not sure how familiar you are with Errington Woods but the upper brickwork on one of the drifts in the western side of the woods was recently exposed, it’s clearly visible from the main track which runs towards the parking / picnic area
Wow! Great footage
stunning
Excellent day buddy. Love the video!
Thanks... I've now tagged you in the video..
Wow … amazing .. and very scary !
Fantastic Bob !
Thanks Craig
Enjoyed that. The amount of shafts I find at work is great, but never been down any yet!
Sorry to disappoint you guys but both the Eston and Upleatham (Errington Woods) Mines closed because of exhaustion i.e. all the available ironstone was removed and the roof allowed to collapse as part of the normal mining procedure so any holes you find will not go very far. Both those mines when working had many miles of passages, but not anymore.
This mine was also very extensive in its day but having closed nearly a century ago some of the workings are flooded and the remainder have poor and very unpredictable air quality.
Out of curiosity which part of the Cleveland mines system are these? Is it the Eston mines or the East Cleveland mines?
Sorry, i cannot give the location away out of respect to the landowners wishes and for safety reasons.
@@whiterosealtitude that's fair enough and I totally understand. I spent a lot of time in my childhood and youth up Eston hill and was always fascinated with the mines and often wondered if much was actually left of them underground and if they would be flooded of collapsed. So it was pure curiosity that I asked which mines they where to know if I had walked above all these mines so many times. Even though you can't say the location I would still like to thank you for answering some of my almost lifelong questions by doing the video.
@@Artbooksandboro I share your sentiments. Always wondered about the mines when I walked up the Hills. I remember getting through a small collapse just to the right of the mine entrance at the top of California Bank. I could just fit in, about 10 at the time. Only saw rubble and some of the roof, the rest was blocked. There are apparently miles and miles of tunnels under there though. So pleased to have seen this video. Now living in NZ, so a long way from home.
Fairly certain I know where this is and it’s neither of those location you suggest. Lots of bad air in this mine.
@@viking1236 it’s not Eston