Parallel Stopes | South Crofty Mine Tour | Cornwall
Location: South Crofty Mine Tour | Category: Attractions | Photograph Added: 18th December 2005 | Photo Reference: 137
Many of these older mines used parallel open shrink stoping to remove the load. In order to stop the stopes from collapsing the miners would have used there knowledge to leave wooden and rock supports. A stope is defined as 'Area of mine from which ore is or has been extracted'.
