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Kelly Mine

Kelly Mine is a preserved micaceous haematite mine in the Dartmoor foothills which closed in 1951. Since the 1980s it has been lovingly restored over several decades. The photographs were taken during an openday in spring 2010. The mine has an informative web site which can be found at: http://www.kellymine.freeserve.co.uk/
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  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Drying shed and waterwheel

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Tramway to drying shed. Processed ore would have been tiped through a trapdoor at the end of the tramway.

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Dressing shed in back ground - miners' dry on the left

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

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  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Californian Stamps in the dressing shed

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Stamps undergoing restoration

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

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  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Plan of site

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Tramway from dressing shed to drying shed.

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

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  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Incline down to tramming level left. The track on the right leads to the shaft.

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    View towards the mine buildings from the top of the incline - the rope used for haulage would run through the rope guides - one is viisble just beyond the two wagons before being turned back to the winding engine.

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Shaft and headstock

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

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  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

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  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

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  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

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  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    View up the rope run - the rope was then looped back down hill to the left to wind trams up the tramming level incline

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Blackstone Oil Engine

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

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  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

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  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Ore washing strips

  • KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010

    Ore washing strips

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    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010
    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010
    KELLY MINE, Dartmoor, Devon - June 2010