Dear List Mmebers
I'd be interested to hear what the opinions are held about the
publishing of photographs of mining artifacts on the web. In the
particular case I'm condsidering there is a wooden artifact (possibly
a hand barrow - i.e. like a wheel barrow but without a wheel and with
handles at each end) on the floor of a passage. It's probably not
that old but it looks fairly fragile.
On one hand I'm reluctant to publish such photos in case they act as
encouragement to people to visit the mine concerned with the result
of possible damage to the artifacts.
On the other hand I want my web site to be as full a record of the
mines as possible and as such it would be good to have a published
record of the objects in case the originals do get damaged or go
missing. Publishing the photos may also give someone the chance to
identify the items better.
What are list members thoughts on this?
Dave
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Dave Linton
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