The Cursed Mine. Magpie Lead Mine

This video is about Magpie Lead mine Derbyshire England. There has been lead mining in Derbyshire since Roman times. Leads mining at Magpie goes back to the Georgian era and 1740. it's a 18th century mine. We take a look at the old abandoned mine buildings in this urbex trip and examine the history of the mine. We take a look down four old mine shafts. The deepest being 728 feet deep. We look at the engine house that housed a Newcomen atmospheric engine. The old chimney flues are still intact and we can look at those as well. Getting a glimpse inside the 1840 chimney. The Mine is cursed due to the magpie miners lighting fires and smoking out the neighbouring miners in a rival mine, killing them. The wives of the murdered miners put a curse on the mine.