In a recent posting, Peter mentioned a forthcoming mining and geological
heritage conference in Linares, Spain. The details of this International
Conference, to be held in the Polytechnic University of Linares, October
20 - 22, 2000 are provided, in Spanish and English, on the web site of the
organisers, the Spanish Society for the Protection of Mining and Geological
Heritage [SEDPGYM]:
http://www.ujaen.es/centros/eupl/actividades/conpatrigeo.html
The principal topic of the conference is the preservation of
Mining-Metallurgical and Geological Heritage, organised in 4 sessions
[Geological Heritage; Mining Landscape and Heritage; Mining History and
Archaeology; Mining, Geological Parks and Museums], as well as a round table
discussion. Three afternoon trips are included: one to the mining district
of Linares; one to that of the nearby La Carolina region; and one to the
Iberian-Roman town of Castulo and the Archaeological Museum of Linares. The
organisers are currently calling for papers to be presented, and they have
issued details of the "early-bird" registration fee - 15,000 pts for
non-SEDPGYM members, with a 50% discount for students. Accommodation has
been reserved at three, 3 star hotels in Linares.
Details, including the registration form are provided on the web site, or
from:
Secretaria de Apoyo Departmentos,
Escuela Universitaria Politecnica,
C/ Alfonso X, El Sabio, 28
23700 LINARES,
Jaen,
Spain
Email: [log in to unmask]
Footnote
Last year, I visited Linares for the first time as a member of the MINET
network. The sheer scale and variety of the mining and related industrial
heritage of this "Cornwall in the sun" is simply stunning. The open,
rolling landscape and olive groves provide the physical landscape framework
to innumerable derelict Cornish and other design engine houses and ancillary
structures, lead smelters, shot towers, industrial railways, and even the
remains of a Cornish miners village and graveyard. The sight of serried
ranks of engine houses extending across the olive grove covered landscape is
not easily forgotten. Linares has to rank as one of the most
under-recognised historic [Phoenician/Roman to 20th C]mining landscapes in
Europe, and a visit is highly recommended. That said, the only
disappointing aspect of this Conference is its timing - coming only a few
weeks after the 5th International Mining History Conference in Greece in
September, details of which Peter has already posted to the mailbase.
John Morris.
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