Further to pp sent, regarding looking for sources other than the Mining Journal,
the management of the MMMC were involved in mines in Cornwall, Devon, Shropshire
& elsewhere, but most information about the various mines is restricted to
papers in collections of the revelant landowners. If you don't find anything
from A2A, if you know who the landowner/s were at the time (if you don't the
tithe maps at the relevant record office should help), see if there are any
papers in any record offices for them. These are often not well catalogued,
often estate letters or plans may include mine plans.
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From: Robert Waterhouse <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Mon, 20 June, 2011 10:56:32
Subject: Re: Fwd: reference thoughts
Hi Tim,
Have you tried the Access to Archives (A2A) website? Its a nationwide list
of sources, organised by the Public Record Office, but contributed to by
most of the record offices in Britain. You might have to try several
different search strings before you get anything, but I found it extremely
useful when researching obscure C16-C17 mines in Devon & Cornwall.
Robert Waterhouse
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Roger Gosling
Sent: 19 June 2011 11:18
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Subject: Re: Fwd: reference thoughts
Hi Tim
Have you looked at the Mendip Cave Registry website? There is a huge amount
of info accessible there. http://www.mcra.org.uk/registry/index.html
A useful contact on Mendip is Alan Gray, guru of the MCR and Chairman of the
Axbridge Caving Group. You can find his contact details
on.http://www.bristoltours.com/arrange.htm If the MCR search can't help I
am sure Alan can let you know who else may be able to.
Obviously searches at local record offices may find something, but I am sure
you will have tried those already. Original documents can end up in a
completely different part of the country from where you may expect, due to
where the company or its solicitors and land agents were based.
Hope this is all helpful and not repeating what you have already been doing
too much!
Cheers
Roger Gosling
Chairman SGMRG
www.sgmrg.co.uk
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From: "Mike Moore" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:40 PM
Subject: [mining-history] Fwd: reference thoughts
I have recieved this request from Tim Francis - can anyone advise who know
who might have more information
Mike
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Date: 17 June 2011 16:35
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Hi Mike,****
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The MCG have been doing a lot of renewed digging at Stainsby's Shaft at
Charterhouse on the Mendips. This was a lead mine last worked in the late
1840s and early 1850s by the Mendip Mining Company. References to the
workings are quite thin on the ground which isn't surprising when it all
ended up with the shareholders being swindled. Now, we have Willie Stanton's
UBSS paper and I will be perusing his original notes from the relevant
Mining Journal editions. Our particular interest in the site is that there
is clearly a connection to the extensions in Upper Flood Swallet below -
mine washings, bits of wood etc. However we are extremely suspicious of the
available survey. Willie reconstructed this from various text references, no
doubt much of which was puff to keep the investors happy. So are wondering
where on earth one would start looking for an original document. Joan
Goddard had a great idea that because the Cornish miners were involved that
a reference might turn up by chance in Cornish mining records. So any
thoughts on who would be worth asking whether they have come across anything
when looking through accounts from the Cornish miners?****
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Regards,****
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Tim****
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