Drilling into the Convict Coal Mines of Newcastle Australia

[nmlc525]

I`ve drilled into a 120year old mine tunnel in rankin park. Under someones house causing subsidence. Lowered a camera down and saw a cavity 10m below surface...f`ing cool

[bean645]

@chrisheffron they didnt do it for they coal. they were searching for historic mines

[gmspeedfreak]

scince the steel smelters have been shut down its seen the price of refined steel go up significantly, a bloody pain in the ass

[gmspeedfreak]

here comes some coal, fire up the smelter!

[trentj81]

wasnt it done for the tourists more than the coal value........god knows thers plenty of it up the valley............not that im complaining it pays the bills lol

[BathingFrankyTv]

Go Newcastle ;)

Peace

[chloeamyjames]

i do this for a living any idea why they had to drill at angle and not vertical

[davefromnewy]

Reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Mr. Burns launches his "Slant Drilling Co." (I'm sure they won't getting to the oil before the local public school though here!)

[spunkyarse]

That is soooooooo cool, I'm from Newcastle and I love our history. Thanx for showing this.

[peggl]

Very interesting. Newcastle is full of geological history