GC3F4YR Gowrie Shaft- Midlothian Mine Series (Traditional Cache) in Virginia, United States created by altbiers

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Hidden : 3/22/2012

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The Gowerie Shafts- a Midlothian Mine Series Cache

Gowrie Shafts
Location: 23
Historical notes: The Gowrie Shafts were worked by George E. Swann in 1821 and by 1839 they were owned by Murchie, Mosely and Brander. Two shafts, 160 and 460 feet deep, were located on the property. The mines employed up to 40 men and produced 111 tons daily from a 6-footcoal. The coal was suitable for grate use and steam generation. The operation encountered structural probiems and was abandoned about 1841.
References: Taylor (1855), Roberts (1928), Wadleigh ( I 934), Eavenson (1942), Routon (1949).

This is the mine that fascinates me most. The blue water is from bacteria and a deoxigination of the water. The shaft with the blue water is the deepest one.