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Saturday, August 23, 2014

TERRIFYING SINKHOLE APPEARS OVERNIGHT IN ENGLAND - The Pennines hole is 100ft wide and growing

Mr Hensby believes the hole could have been caused by either an iron ore mine or a lead mine, both of which operated in the area in the 19th centuryA 100ft-wide sinkhole that is so deep the bottom cannot be seen at one end has appeared overnight just yards from a farmer's house in County Durham. 
 
John Hensby, 71, says his partner Sam Hillyard, 39, first discovered the hole on Thursday morning, adding that it has been growing ever since.  And Mr Hensby now fears that heavy rain forecast for the coming days could be about to make the situation even worse.

While lead mining started in the Pennines around 2,000 years ago, commercial operations didn't start until the mid-1800s and continued until the early 1900s, starting up again for a few years during the First World War.  Around this time the landscape was littered with chimneys and huge waterwheels that were used to sort useful ore from soil and other scrap, though only a few remain today.  The mines also produced zinc ore, iron ores, and fluorite also known as fluorspar, though the areas is less well-known for these.
 
Photo - Northwest and Pictures Limited - Daily Mail
 
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