Hill of former Club Room Farm open-cast mine
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Hill of former Club Room Farm open-cast mine
Image: © Adam Foster Taken: 31 Dec 2003
Looking south from Bell Lane, just up from Smalley Dam. The land has been mined several times in the past, beginning with early bell pits, then relatively shallow open-cast mining in the 1960s and then much deeper open-cast mining in the late 1990s. Much of the surrounding countryside has been mined in the past, with more, even bigger mines planned for the future...
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52.989073
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