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Jonathan Wright

Jonathan Wright, a registered Freeminer from 1981, joined his father Ray Wright's Clearwell Caves ochre mine in the Forest of Dean full-time in 1984 and remains the last Freeminer still working ochre there today, alongside running the site as a visitor attraction.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Clearwell Caves Gloucestershire 1984–?

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