Blog
-
There Be Gold in Them Caldbeck Hills (Maybe)
The Caldbeck Fells are a wild, desolate, and strikingly beautiful corner of the Northern Lake District. Known to geologists as a “mineralogical box of delights,” this landscape has spent centuries as a playground for industrial grit and scientific curiosity. We should know – we spent three videos exploring above and below Carrock Mine. We found
-
The Nuclear Heart of the Cheviots: Tracking the Carlcroft Radioactive Anomaly
(This blog accompanies our video – “How Radioactive Springs Form – Uranium Deep Underground” on YouTube) Did you know that there are radioactive radium springs in the Cheviot Hills, Northumberland? Back in 1970, Dr. Hugh Haslam’s pioneering work for the Institute of Geological Sciences (now the BGS) discovered 12 of these and published his paper.
-
Geordie Gold: The Glowing, Radioactive Legacy of George Davidson
This post is to accompany our latest YouTube video – The Geordie Butcher whose Radioactive Uranium Glass Conquered the World – where we explore major locations around Tyneside to discover the legacy of the Geordie Glassmaker – Geo Davidson. The Butcher with a Radiant Secret Picture this: a primrose‑yellow sundae dish on a kitchen table,
-
Cheviot’s Hidden Riches: What a Visit to Bellyside Burn Teaches Us About Incompatibles and the Search for Valuable Metals in the Cheviots
Part 3 of The Three U’s Challenge is now up on Youtube – our visit to Bellyside not only taught us about searching for Uranium, but also about the very nature of the rock here itself. The ‘why’ of why this part of the Cheviots is so radioactive, and its potential for even more valuable
-
The Breamish Fault: Geological Scar or Hidden Conduit for Untold Metal Wealth in the Cheviot Hills?
This blog accompanies the new YouTube video “The Breamish Valley: Secret Waterfalls & Forbidden Radioactivity – The Three U’s Challenge (Part 2)” – check it out now. Reading the Scars of the Caledonian Orogeny 420 million years ago, a continental collision between ancient Avalonia and Laurentia, resulted in the formation of the current British Isles. The
-
Unveiling the Cheviot’s Secret Uranium & Mineral Wealth – Part 2 – Linking Haslam’s Legacy to the Modern Hunt
This blog and Part 1 accompany the new YouTube video “Linhope Spout: The Waterfall Hiding Radioactive Secrets – The Three U’s Challenge (Part 1)” – check it out now. How Haslam’s work demonstrates the mineralisation potential of the Cheviots – and how my own visit confirms it How there has been little research since his 1975 paper despite