Hi all
Whilst I appreciate that the List is not intended as a vehicle for commercial advertising, I would like to draw to your attention my latest book (which is not commercial from my point of view!)
Great Rock - Devon's Last 'Metal' Mine
This is the story of Devon's last metal mine. The ore mined at Great Rock near Hennock village, was micaceous haematite, a form of iron oxide which occurred in shiny platelets. It proved invaluable as a component of rust resisting paints that were widely used for steel structures such as railway bridges.
The mine was worked solely by adits. Working probably started sporadically in the mid-nineteenth century, however the mine worked continually from 1902 to 1969.
I have to declare a personal interest - I had the unforgettable experience of briefly working underground there as a student in 1963. It is the only mine that I have come across where they made their own locomotives, wagons, mill equipment and, if you wanted timber, you went out and cut down a tree.
179 pages, 27 figures and 63 plates.
Paperback £11.99 ISBN: 1 900147 327
Clothbound £15.99 ISBN: 1 900147 325
Available from Willow Books www.willowbooks.co.uk
Note - they have the price of the hardback wrong!
Tony Brooks
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