Dear Dave and all,
Thank you for raising these questions--I was expecting someone to. Forgive
my brevity but I thought I would mention a few things about the project's
background which helps explain the site's context.
-The focus is indeed the Welsh smelting industries for two main reasons:
On 17 November 2011 09:11, Dave Linton <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> On 16 Nov 2011, at 09:38, Tehmina Goskar wrote:
>
> > ... http://www.welshcopper.org.uk ...
>
> This seems to be an interesting, informative and attractive site.
>
> However the primary focus seems (from my admitted brief look at it) to be
> the copper smelting industry around Swansea. I was disappointed by the lack
> of information about copper mining in north Wales - one has to follow a
> link to another website (RCAHMW's website Coflein system) to find a list of
> copper-related sites for the whole of Wales. In particular, a notable lack
> seems to be the omission of any mention of the development of the flotation
> process (at Glasdir copper mine near Dolgellau) which was of international
> significance.
>
> I think it would be good if the site could be expanded to include more on
> the history of copper mining in Wales from the Bronze Age copper mines of
> Parys and Great Orme, the various 18th- and 19th-centry copper mining
> ventures of various size and success through to the 20th-century mining
> operations on Anglesey.
>
> Dave
> --
> Dave Linton
> 01341 280901
>
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Dr Tehmina Goskar, MA AMA
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Research Associate
History & Classics
Prifysgol Abertawe / Swansea University
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