This superbly illustrated and produced book arrived today
Adventurers in the Lead Trade - being an account of the Mining
Interests of the Thornhill family of Stanton Hall, Nr Bakewell,
Derbyshire
Jim Rieuwerts, HB, 162pp, 255 x 155 luxury lead-grey clothbound only
300 copies produced in full colour - £25.00 + P&P
(Publishers review)
The book features rare original maps, charts and illustrations from
the Stanton Archive and Dr. Rieuwerts' private collection, additional
photographs by Paul Deakin, Philip Wolstenholme and vintage
photographs of Millclose Mine and its miners. Commissioned by the
Davie-Thornhill Estate of Stanton Hall in Derbyshire, the limited
edition book details the history of the Thornhill family's involvement
in lead-mining between the 17th and 19th centuries, and their
enthusiastic investment of venture capital into pioneering technical
solutions for de-watering the orefield, and in many cases producing
huge returns on their investments.
They co-funded some of the longest, deepest and most famous soughs in
Derbyshire, and installed multiple Newcomen water-pumping engines deep
underground in the pursuit of more lead. Many of the sites
photographed in the book are rarely visited and/or poorly documented,
and include Odin Mine, Blue John Caverns/Waterhull Mine, Mandale Mine,
Yatestoop Sough and Drake Mine in Winster.
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