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Lost car graveyard: 100 cars found in secret water-filled mine in North Wales

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<ul><li style="text-align: justify;">A lost car graveyard is found in a secret water-filled mine in North Wales</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">The graveyard was discovered 200 feet underground</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">The mangled wreckage of some 100 cars were dated from the 1970s</li> </ul>An engineer has found a lost car graveyard in a secret water-filled mine in North Wales; discovering mangled wreckage of some 100 cars. In an article written by Richard Smith of <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mystery-more-100-cars-found-7404018">Mirror</a>, it was disclosed that the lost car graveyard was found 200 feet underground. The cars were dated from 197os; while the mine was closed for more than a century ago. After s treacherous trek through the mine, urban explorers made the discovery. IT Engineer Gregory Rivolet shared that four hours were spent in the exploration of the final resting place of the old cars. “It was very dangerous as the mine is really unstable. Pieces of slate were falling from above our heads. We had to use rope to climb down to the right level of the mine, the descent was about 65-feet deep – it didn’t feel very secure at all. There was something so surreal about this exploration, it was totally dark, wet, slippery and very dangerous. And then you see the most unexpected thing, a mountain of old cars. The whole experience was pretty intense, but it was definitely worth the risk,” Rivolet said. It was believed that the slate mine have opened around 1836. The quarrying continued until 1960 when it was abandoned. To note, slate mining dominated the economy in North West Wales during the second half of the 19th century. The biggest in the world is the Oakeley slate mine. In 1898 a workforce of 17,000 men in Wales produced half a million tons of slate for roofing, flooring, worktops and headstones. A big decline in the number of people employed in the industry, however, was seen in the  World War One. Today, the production survives only on a small scale. <a href="http://kickerdaily.com/lost-car-graveyard-100-cars-found-in-secret-water-filled-mine-north-wales/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a>

A lost car graveyard is found in a secret water-filled mine in North Wales The graveyard was discovered 200 feet underground The mangled wre...