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"Mining in Surrey". Unknown date. Daily Mirror.

Very few of the countless Londoners who visit Box Hill and saunter up towards Betchworth know that there is, almost beneath their feet, one of the quaintest little "mines" in this land. Week after week workmen are busily engaged in extracting from the hill the housewife's useful friend "hearthstone" which is afterwards carted away to be made into step-powder.

Workmen bringing out a truck to the surface at the bottom of the hill.
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Peter Burgess from Crawley posted this comment on Monday 17 February 2020 10:44:19.

This is Betchworth Hearthstone Mine, close to Betchworth station. The mine ceased working by 1950, but was barely worked at all after WW2.



This image was uploaded on Thursday 26 December 2019 13:06:09.

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