Wheal Jane process facility
Photos from a site visit to Wheal Jane with Chris to pick up AMD samples. Aerial view of the site taken from google maps showing the process facility top left and the tailing pools below.
The process facility: the tall blue tanks on the left contain lime that is used to neutralise the pH of the acid mine drainage (AMD). Chris collecting a sample of untreated Acid mine Drainage. The old Wheal Jane lift shaft is below the gantry. The seven pumps are removing 375 litres per second from the mineshaft! |