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The tunnel is very easy to locate at the top of path which bridges the A174.
There are a number of surface building which i’ll shortly identify after a visit to the library.
New Bank Drift, Eston Ironstone Mine
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Its been 2 years since i went up to the New Bank Drift entrance and it was still fully bricked up, now that hole is there have you had a look in?
Plus, somewhere i have a couple of photos of those exterior buildings when the mine was in use so i’ll have a look for them.
The fourth photo was taken through the hole.
It mainly looked back filled or collapsed, with the hole in the wall and collapsed section visible to the right.
I was there on a whim without a torch so couldnt really have a closer look.
The picture of the drift is the shaft of the old fan house, the foundations of which are at the entrance. The Picture with the herring bone type floor (bottom right photo) is where the ponies were kept when they came out. The other concrete structures are where the Drum equipment was that allowed the tubs to run down the incline to the tip yard via California.
You forgot to mention that we got shot at on the walk back down.