SCMC Members Research

Below!
The Club produces a quarterly newsletter called "Below!" which contains details of recent club trips, and short articles of historical interest relating to mines, mining history and other underground features in Shropshire and surrounding areas.

"What the Papers Said"
Small items of historical interest have been reproduced in our "What the Papers Said" section on this web site, hopefully these might help someone with their research.

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Please note:

Underground exploration can be potentially dangerous if you do not have the right equipment and skills. This is why you should consider joining a well established Club, who can train you and lend you equipment for your first few trips.

Journals
Rather than lose material through the lack of publication, it was felt that small research topics should be released to a wider audience - if only to prevent the duplication of work by others, these items of historical interest which are too long for the newsletter and too short to be a Club "Account" are printed in the Club Journal.

Some items from the journals have been reproduced on this web site (in the Labyrinth or Armchair cavers section) and on the web site of the Shropshire Mines Trust

We only print a limited number of each Journal, but there are still copies of issue No. 7 available.

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Accounts
The detailed results of Members research on a particular mine site or topic is occasionally published by the Club in the form of an "Account".

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In the past few years mining in Britain has undergone considerable changes. Modern "state-of-the-art" mines have often closed within a few years of opening, and some have even been abandoned before they were finished.

Old abandoned mines have become the focus of attention for planners and developers and hundreds of sites have been filled in, demolished and made "safe".

Working in conjunction with I.A.Recordings an attempt has been made to record something of Britain's underground heritage, before it is too late.

As a result of this collaboration an number of videos (available on VHS or DVD) have been made of Club visits, explorations and activities.

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