Mining in our Area

Cligga Mine – Circa 1939. Showing left to right the headgear which hoisted on the incline cut into the cliff face.

The house containing the steam hoist and boilers, Contact shaft headgear and, if one looks carefully, the ‘lander’ can be seen in the headgear. His duty is to empty the skip on its arrival at surface.

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