Dave - your best bet would be to contact the Mining History Trust in
Ireland - I have contact addresses if you want to contact me direct
Mike
WWW.moorebooks.co.uk
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Oldham <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: Ballycorus Mine and Smelter.
> Mines of Ireland by Tony Oldham is a good start.
>
>
> >From: Dave Williams <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: "The mining-history list." <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Ballycorus Mine and Smelter.
> >Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 13:58:37 +0100
> >
> >Last weekend, whilst in Dublin, I was taken to view the chimney cum
> >tower at Ballycorus, just to the south west. I was impressed with the
> >smelt mill flue running up the side of what I presume was originally a
> >tramway incline. By reading up in the 1922 Memoir recently republished
> >by the Mining History Group in Ireland I was able to glean something of
> >the history of the mine, which doesn't appear to have been much of a
> >mine, but I would be interested to discover something of the history and
> >the I.A. of the smelter below. Can anybody point me in the correct
> >direction.
> >
> >Cheers.
> >--
> >Dave Williams - [log in to unmask]
> >
> >Visit the Mining History Network at
> >http://info.exeter.ac.uk/~RBurt/MinHistNet
> >for information on PDMHS Ltd., the active Mining History Society.
>
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