Dear Richard,
Your fine photo of the Surrender smelt mill has just arrived. For
which many thanks.
The mill was obviously working - and the photo was taken before the
present stack was built on the roasting furnace. The one that is
smoking appears to have a chimney pot.
The feature just to left of centre, in the foreground, looks like some
sort of dressing operation - presumably for washing/dressing slags.
It is not clear on the scan - can I see a launder going into the ore-
lobby area at the left hand, rear corner of the mill?
Tis a pity that more such photo's do not appear.
Regards
Mike
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Mike Gill
President and Recorder of the NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY
Britain's foremost mining history society at:-
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~RBurt/MinHistNet/NMRS.html
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