Mining historians who use archives may like to know that the BL's
indexes and descriptions of their manuscript collections are now
available online. It is possible to search for a person, place or
subject, and also to see the catalogue entry for a particular
manuscript. I found it very straightforward to use, and it has already
saved me a long journey to consult the printed catalogues. The word
'mines' produced 205 hits, and 'mining' 62, and among them I found
references to the Parys mines on Anglesey which I didn't know about.
The main British Library website is http://portico.bl.uk, and the
manuscript catalogue is http://molcat.bl.uk/msscat
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