The Purbeck Clay Mines
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The Miner's Museum
Mining was always a low-key industry, so the mine buildings in the old days were all built of timber anyway. The operation could go on in the woodland, and nobody knew it was there hardly. Wrens used to go down the tunnels and nest, I've seen swallows nesting on a compressor. So despite the fact their ears were being drummed by the compressor, they were still bringing up their families,. Despite all this work by manGoing underground is just like going back to work many years ago. There's a bellcode for how that all works - if you want to start the haulage, it's two rings on the bell. That was a warning to everyone
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