Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 8 June 2020

  • Monument Mine

    Monument Mine

    On this day, June 8th, in 1850, legend has it that John Vaughan and John Marley were out shooting rabbits on Eston Nab. Marley tripped over a burrow and as he sprawled on the ground, his hand landed on the purest ironstone he had ever seen, “Eureka!” he cried. He had discovered vast main seam…