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Article: Mining engineer's hand-drawn plan from 1856 causes hiccup.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Journal (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- February 14, 2004
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Everyone quotes moving house as one of the most nerve racking things you are likely to do in your life and that's even with things going relatively smoothly. Add a mine shaft or an unknown mine entry into the equation and things get really stressful.
Mining is one of the traditional industries of the North-East and a high percentage of properties are built on land which has old mine workings underneath them.
Mining searches are an automatic part of the house move and must be made to ensure mine features are detected and any potential problems investigated ...