Shafting
Mines haven’t been a first for us, but having guides that knew every inch was.
Monday morning stated early for the long drive West, urban exploration generally has very early starts due to sensitive locations and the chance of being spotted somewhere we shouldn’t be but this weekend was a little different. A long hike was needed to gain access to the location, Glencarbury mine is located on Benbulbin and was mined for Barytes, and ore which was moved down the mountain via an overhead cable system, much of which remains. Most of the out buildings above ground have been vandalized by humans and sheep, the sheep seem to use some of the out buildings as shelter!
The mine itself was closed in the 1970’s but had closed a number of times before only to be reopened.
The day before an incident took place in the mine, while out hiking a walker decided to take a quick look in the mine and accidentally fell into an open mine shaft, you can see above the shaft she fell into, I can only imagine what was going through her mind as she fell and lay in the water waiting to be rescued……..there was no light whatsoever.
Denis lowering into one of many shafts
No2 Express Train
Tony looking down into a 37m deep mine shaft.
Big thanks to Dean & Shane for showing us the entire mine system, you can check out their website http://www.abandonedminesofireland.wordpress.com/
jonnyphotodude 
Glad you had a great day, it was a pleasure being your guides for the day 🙂
Amazing atmospheric photos, the black and white really adds mood. Love em 🙂