Please can you advise whether papers from the Snibston seminar are available? Specifically, I'd be grateful to have sight of the one by David Pybus, about the alum industry on the North Yorkshire coast.
I've read in Hatcher (1993) that at least three tons of coal were needed to produce one ton of alum. But I've not managed to find out what quantities of alum were produced in North Yorkshire, and therefore how much coal therefore had to be transported into the area.
I've also noted reference to coal being shipped to Whitby etc. from Tyneside for alum production. But I'd dearly like to know if much coal is known to have been transported over land from the Durham coalfield, before the railway age - especially to the Guisborough area.
Thanks for any help on this.
Mike
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