Mike
Well done to NMRS - I hope others may follow suit.
Adrian
Mike Gill wrote:
> The Northern Mine Research Society is pleased to announce that it has just
> placed a number of its important MINING DATABASES in the ‘Online resources’
> section of its website (http//www.nmrs.co.uk).
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> The principal ones are:-
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> 1. Mines of coal and other stratified minerals in Yorkshire from
> 1854
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> This is a ‘lite’ version of a database developed as a research tool for the
> NMRS. It covers the three Ridings of pre-1974 Yorkshire, which means that
> mines around Todmorden, which is geologically part of the Lancashire
> coalfield, are included, as are the detached Ingleton coalfield and the
> various localised, non-Coal Measures coalfields in the Pennines.
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> This database is the first comprehensive chronology for Yorkshire’s mines of
> coal, fireclay, ganister, ironstone, sand, sandstone and whinstone during
> the last 150 years. Earlier material will be added as it becomes available.
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> 2. Britain’s Nationalised collieries from 1947
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> Another ‘lite’ version of a database developed for the NMRS. It lists the
> mines taken into state control on Vesting Day, January 1st 1947, and
> establishes a chronology for the decline of the post-war coal industry by
> giving dates of mergers and closures.
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> 3. Metalliferous Mines in the Yorkshire Dales
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> A ‘lite’ version of the Society’s site index, which gives the name and
> location of the principal mines as well as their dates of closure.
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> The databases are supported with explanatory notes and details of sources.
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> Mike Gill
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Visit the following sites for references to all kinds of mining subjects
British Mining Database <http://www.ap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bmd/bmd.htm>
Snailbeach Mine <http://www.ap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sbeach/sbeach.htm>
Shropshire Mines Trust <http://www.ap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/smt/smt.htm>
Tankerville Mine <http://www.ap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tank/tank.htm>
Making a Roman pig of lead <http://pig01.012webpages.com/pig.htm>
Caves & Mines of Cyprus <http://a4.012webpages.com/cyprus/cyprus.htm>
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