News from the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jul/12/cavers-discover-mineshaft-alderley-edge-time-capsule
A pristine 200-year-old mineshaft that had been undisturbed since it was > abandoned by miners during the Napoleonic wars has been discovered by > cavers in Cheshire, revealing an almost unique “time capsule” of their > underground life. > The cobalt mine, at Alderley Edge > <https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/alderley-edge-and-cheshire-countryside>, > was sealed by the miners when the shaft was abandoned, at a date that can > be pinpointed fairly accurately thanks to one man who used candle soot to > write his initials “WS” and the date 20 August 1810 on the rock wall.... Miles Abernathy
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