> Hi,
> Try Coalmining in Lunesdale Several good descriptions of 'bell' pits
with sections - photos and > other 17th to 19th.c workings
> cheers
> Phil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Albyn Austin" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:55 AM
> Subject: Bell Pits and Similar Early Mine Workings
>
>
> > Reading the latest Northern Mines publication, No. 68. Oldham Coal by
> Gerry
> > Fanning, and a very good book by the way, there is a brief 19th century
> > description of early bell pit workings for coal. This is the first
> > convincing description of these workings I've come across, apart from
> flint
> > mines such as Grimes Graves. Do members have any references to other
> > descriptions of bell pits, especially for coal, please? The only other
> > descriptions of early workings seem to be either long wall or pillar and
> > stall, or stopes on veins, eg Tudor Miners of Coleorton in
Leicestershire
> by
> > Robert Hartley in Mining before Powder, PDMHS Bulletin Vol. 12, No. 3,
> summer
> > 1994. or HMS Special Publication. It seems any old shallow shaft is
often
> > described as a bell pit, without any idea of what workings actually went
> on
> > below ground.
> > Comments and suggestions welcome, Albyn Austin.
>
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