>Likewise mine measurement was in fathoms - a nautical measure. I have
>always assumed that this was due to a cross over of skills from the sea to
>mining.
As we say in Yorkshire - happen!
Mines in the Pennines (not known as a maritime area until the coming of the
Leeds-Liverpool Canal in the 1790s) were using fathoms long before any
Cornish influence.
Cost Book companies were neither restricted to mining nor the South-West.
Regards,
Mike Gill
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