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Originally Posted by hollydog
As I understand this thread.
The photo above is obviously not the afforementioned area of trenches and explosive use "40 yards north of the salt works". There must have been two major areas of coal excavation below high water mark, the photo above south out by the caravan park and the salt pans area a couple of 100 metres south of the current Quarry wall.
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Yes I think the 1878 trench must be in "A" in this picture. ["B" is a possible but I'm sure the strata is undisturbed at that location.]
There are pits and shafts in the blue area as well.
When you look at that area "A" today it does look like it's been blown up with explosives
