>Perhaps to broaden the issue would be to consider water power throughout
>metalworking, eg when etc was waterpower adopted to drive bellows in iron
>smelting or smithing, tin smelting etc,
>
Gerry,
Yes, applications across metallurgy are certainly relevant to its
application in mining - very often driven by the similar incentives to
replace scarce manpower. Parallels are there in mining and smelting within
the same sector of metallurgy.
My ideas are directed towards a NAMHO conference and it would be useful to
include an element of ore/metal processing - remind mining historians that
the product 'as mined' is not necessarily useful until processed.
Peter
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