This book sounds very interesting! Thanks for the notification.
Woodrow Thompson
Maine Geological Survey
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ARMSTRONG, Charlotte
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:47 AM
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Subject: The Riches Beneath our Feet: How Mining Shaped Britain
Hello there,
I'm writing from Oxford University Press, as I thought that subscribers
to this listserv would be interested to hear about our upcoming mining
title,The Riches Beneath our Feet: How Mining Shaped Britain.
The author, Geoff Coyle, is an alumnus of the Royal School of Mines at
Imperial College London. The book details the history of mining in
Britain, from the early flint mines to the present day. Coyle looks at
the history of a wide range of minerals, including copper, tin, china
clay, lead, zinc, slate, granite, limestone, salt, coal, and iron. The
book focusses on the tales of miners' lives, their work, the conditions,
and mining disasters. Geoff, as a former mining engineer and from a
mining family, is well supremely qualified to tell this story, and
weaves his personal experience and passion into the book, illuminating
the industrial history, geology, and technology. The book closes on the
present state and future possibilities for British mining.
You can find more information on this title on the Oxford University
Press website, at
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199551293.do?keyword=978019955129
3&sortby=bestMatches.
I hope you find this information of interest, and naturally, I'd be more
than happy to answer any questions you have about the book.
Kind regards,
Charlotte Armstrong
Trade and Reference Department
Oxford University Press
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