Talk:Eylesbarrow mine

Photographs

There are some nice photographs from Geograph British Isles of the mine (URL). Jolly Ω Janner 22:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Didn't think they were that good myself, and the low resolution doesn't help. Not a patch on what Herby's would/will be ;-). I think this is probably the most encyclopedic.  —SMALLJIM  22:44, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Well thanks to Herby we now have really hi-res photos and I've added a good selection of them to the article. There are more that could be used, e.g. the reservoir and the mansion house (see the category on Commons), but I think further expansion of the text would be needed before adding them (there's plenty more content in the sources). A bit more rewriting is needed anyway, when I have more time, and I also want to add a plan of the mine, once I get round to merging non-copyright sources with my limited graphical abilities.  —SMALLJIM  10:28, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Did you know?

This would be a good article to be placed on the Did you know? section on the Main Page. Are there any interesting facts that could be used in a hook? Jolly Ω Janner 17:34, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Hopefully I'll get some photos of this area quite soon. I do have some "mine" books but I'm guessing Jim will have others/more. It was one of the mines that continued for longer than many (still some buildings/remains left). Equally the was a longish rod providing power to adits quite a distance away (the supports for it are still around). The area as a whole has been extensively tinned over quite a long period. It would be good to get something worked up on this aspect of the moors for DYK (tho I know little about that aspect!). --Herby ^{talk thyme} 17:41, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Let me get the article finished first - the refs contain a lot more that can be added about the surface layout of the mine and the remains that can be seen today. The flatrod system that Herby mentions is probably the most interesting element.  —SMALLJIM  11:41, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Hopefully will be out for photos tomorrow but allow me a few days to sort & upload them :) Cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Location coordinates may be incorrect

Having been close to the location of this mine in this area of England but not yet visited the mine site itself, I think that the coordinates in the article (50°29′N 3°58′W) may be incorrect. Looking at the location of the mine on Google Maps (50.4965 N, 3.9780 W), in a satellite view, there are clearly ruins at that location, but it is a significant distance away from the coordinates given in the article. Correspondingly, I could not see any ruins at the location 50°29′N 3°58′W and I also cannot align the topography of the coordinates/location in the article with the map of the mine ruins (Eylesbarrow mine#/media/File:Eylesbarrow mine plan01.gif); the most apparent discrepancy is that 50°29′N 3°58′W is on the wrong side of the River Plym. Would somebody, with a stronger association with the article, like to confirm the location?TrimmerinWiki (talk) 11:13, 1 November 2023 (UTC)