Coalbrook Mine- Carbon Hill Mine Series Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/26/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Coalbrook Mine- Carbon Hill Mine Series
Two other mine shafts are to the west next to the Tuckahoe Canal, but houses have been built on top of them.

Coalbrook Slope, Trent Slope, Jos. R. Anderson and Company Mine, Carbon Hill Mine, Old Dominion Development Co. No. I Mine, Mule Shaft, Engine Shaft
Location: 8
Historical notes: About 1848, T. and R. Crouch drove a slope 1658 feet in the A coal. The slope was later extended ro 2400 feet with the dip l60 to 350 to the west. The Mule Shaft intersected the main slope at 125 feet. This shaft passed through the C and B coals, intersected the main slope at the A coal, and was used for ventilation and raisins water from the mine.

Levels turned off the main slope at irregular intervals. The main level was located 1360 feet downslope and was turned north and south to follow the strike of the coal. The south main level was 1400 feet long.
A 30-foot roll was encountered 1000 feet along this level, otherwise the bed was consistent.
The north 1360-foot level went 700 feet before encountering a dike. This dike separates Coalbrook from the south levels of the Deep Shaft.
Before 1860, tunnels were turned near the base of the main slope and connected with the B and C coals. Another slope (Little Incline or No. 3 Slope) followed the C coal downdip with levels working off of it. Some B coal was mined from this slope.
The Engine (or "Indian') Shaft was sunk 185 feet to intersect the No. 3 Slope (Figures 12, 13, and l4).

During the Civil War, Joseph R. Anderson and Co. used the Engine Shaft for the main portal and worked to the rise on the C and B coals. The coal mined during this period was used by the Tredegar Iron Works for the Confederate war effort.

By 1903, all mineable coal above the 1000-foot level had been taken out. Coalbrook was the mine name used at this time. Several attempts were made to work this mine after 1903. The last attempt to reopen the mine failed in 1944.

The main slopes were 8 to 9 feet wide and the gangways 7 feet wide. Initially, small carts were used to haul coal up the slope, but later, cars capable of 3350-pound loads were used. The coal was loaded onto rail cars at the mine and moved to loading facilities in Richmond (Figure l5).
A small amount of coke was extracted at three places in the mine. In all cases, the occurrence of coke was local and the coal incompletely coked.







This series is placed in celebration on my kids and I first anniversay of Geocaching. One year ago we did the Church Hill Tunnel Multicache and were hooked.

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Decryption Key

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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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