Marblaegis Mine (Silver Seal entrance)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Marblaegis Mine (Silver Seal entrance) by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Marblaegis Mine (Silver Seal entrance)
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 12 Dec 2021
The Marblaegis Mine supplies gypsum to the plasterboard works at East Leake https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/745583 . The Silver Seal mine opened in 1938 but eventually joined the Marblaegis Mine at which point gypsum was no longer brought out here. The entrance continues to provide an alternative emergency exit, but is also used to bring heavy equipment in and out of the mine as the adit at East Leake is not suitable for this. The entrance has received a new gate since Peter Barr's 2010 view https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1750820, and more recently still the cutting has been tidied up to provide a more suitable wildflower meadow habitat as part of a joint project between British Gypsum and the Nottinghamshire Wildlife trust.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.852085
Longitude
-1.132282