This would be scary
Submitted: Sunday, Mar 19, 2006 at 08:38
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Outnabout David (SA)
Was looking at another site and came across this...............scary stuff. Imagine just driving along and the next minute in darkness down a
mine shaft.
Reply By: Member - Duncs - Sunday, Mar 19, 2006 at 14:57
Sunday, Mar 19, 2006 at 14:57
It's something to keep in mind.
Not long after moving to
Broken Hill I was out having a look around when I noticed waht looked like the to of a very old ladder sticking up out of the ground. SO I pulled on the handbreak and opened the door to go and have a closer look.
Careful where you put your feet Duncs there is a big hole right beside the car.
The hole was about 600mm diam and of undetermined depth. I could not see the bottom. Probably wouldn't swallow a car but it would be interesting to fall into, with or without the car.
I did
check out the ladder and it looked to be an old hand dug mineshaft. It was a bit bigger than the one next to the car but had a bush growing out of the rim and the old ladder to mark it's position so was not a big a worry. The one I was parked next to looked very similar but without the ladder. It was not marked in any way, no discolouring of
the rock no fence nothing. I suspect it was a vent shaft for the
mine under the ladder, which I was not game to decend.
Apparently there are quite a few of these things in the area.
Duncs
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