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While exploring an old mine in northwestern England, a group of cavers stumbled upon 200-year-old personal items and equipment left by 19th-century cobalt miners.

Found in northwest England, the cobalt mine is perfectly preserved due to a lack of oxygen

AN abandoned cobalt mine has been discovered in Cheshire revealing a ‘time capsule’ of personal objects and equipment left behind by workers…

The Derbyshire Caving Club has discovered a mine evidently abandoned in 1810 that is in rare 'pristine' condition, according to the National Trust.

Cavers were amazed to find a time capsule of perfectly preserved personal items in a mine shaft that had been completely sealed off for 200 years.

AN abandoned cobalt mine has been discovered in Cheshire revealing a ‘time capsule’ of personal objects and equipment left behind by workers…

Cavers in Cheshire have uncovered an early 19th-century cobalt mineshaft. The lack of oxygen has turned it into an underground time capsule and preserved items discarded by the workmen.

Cavers have discovered a well-preserved cobalt mineshaft in the United Kingdom that has remained undisturbed since the early 19th century, offering a rare view into the life of miners operating at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.