An underground tour at Lerche shaft !

An underground tour at Lerche shaft - part 2 !

Here you can see the second part of the photos that were taken during the underground tour at Ost colliery's Lerche shaft (Germany).

Thank you very much once again to Oliver Thol from http://www.abenteuer-ruhrpott.de.vu for the invitation and the organization.

Please click on the photos' small versions in order to enlarge them and to get the corresponding background information. ATTENTION: The pictures' explanations can now be found UNDER the large versions.


Stephen Zimmermann underground.	The group at a conveyor.	This is the corresponding conveyor.	Water barriers for the miners' safety.


The machine for the transportation of the coolant.	These are the strong pumps for the coolant.	Some of the visitors underground.	The participants listen to the explanations.


All participants at Lerche shaft's onset.	The onset with the two gates.	Behind these gates there is the shaft.	Now the pit cage is entered again.


In the pit cage before the ride up the shaft.	After the underground tour in the atrium.	Happy after a good under-ground tour.	Two visitors in the colliery's atrium.


The atrium of Ost colliery in Hamm (Germany).	This is the other side of the atrium.	Me after the underground tour.	Lots of our questions were answered.


The group listens to the miners' explanations.	Oliver Thol and Stephen Zimmermann.