Anthony,
When this issue was raised on the list in 2002 and discussed in some depth, I wrote to Archive CD Books with this proposal. I assumed the fact that they didn't reply meant they weren't interested. They do charge for their CDs and although modest, the cost of a full set of MJs would be colossal.
I also had estimates made for scanning the microfilm of between £5500 and £15000 for the years 1835 to 1894. I still believe that a HAHMO-lead project is the solution to this either through subscription or partnership funding and we certainly should keep pursuing the matter.
Many thanks to John Morris for the update.
Regards
Phil Newman
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From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of C Anthony Lewis
Sent: 27 February 2006 10:39
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Subject: Re: Justin Brooke's library for auction
All,
Archive CD Books (http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/) scans old tomes and sells the data (on CD) with indexes; however, I am not sure about full OCR. Most of their work has concentrated on material of interest to genealogists but the Mining Journals may also be appropriate.
The company has, I believe, good social ethics and puts much back into the genealogical community. I have no connection with the organisation and this is not intended to advertise their products or services apart from any potential relevance to the Mining Journals issue.
All the best,
Anthony Lewis
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From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Morris
Sent: 25 February 2006 15:03
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Subject: Re: Justin Brooke's library for auction
Phil,
Re the MJ project: the partners had developed it to quite and advanced stage, including assessment of an Israeli software package especially designed to OCR newsprint, adverts etc, but it fell by the wayside for two reasons.
First the OCR company was based in the US, and the work would have to have been done there - this was unacceptable to INTERREG as it is outside the EU. The second and more critical reason, is that INTERREG 3A went cold on the project, despite initially expressing strong interest, as they felt it did not meet with their revised project support criteria. So an awful lot of effort went down the tubes!
Regards,
John Morris,
Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland Ltd
www.mhti.com
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From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of NEWMAN, Phil
Sent: 24 February 2006 13:14
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Subject: Re: Justin Brooke's library for auction
Looks like they'll be ending up in an American University library then.
Which reminds me. What ever happened to the Interreg bid to digitize the MJs?
Phil
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From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Messenger
Sent: 24 February 2006 12:44
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Subject: Justin Brooke's library for auction
The late Justin Brooke's library is for sale at auction in Penzance next
Tuesday. The catalogue is on-line at www.invaluable.com/davidlay and there
are many interesting mining books. The star attraction is his set of Mining
Journals from 1835 to 1840, guide price £20-25,000.
Michael Messenger
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