I have a copy of that book, but it was out long before Mitchell (and Deane)
compiled the first edition of BHS, which suggests to me a lack of useful
statistics.
It seems to me that some historians of the English copper industry in the
early modern period have missed the elephant in the room, which is that
everybody else was undercut by Swedish copper, which glutted the market.
Note: several other people have replied to my posting privately and I have
responded to them off-list.
Peter King
49, Stourbridge Road,
Hagley
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY9 0QS
[log in to unmask]
01562-720368
-----Original Message-----
From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Malcolm's Yahoo a/c
Sent: 27 May 2014 16:58
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: British Historical Statistics
As far as copper is concerned, you need to include M B Donald's book
"Elizabethan Copper - a history of the company of mines royal". My copy was
republished by Davis Books in 1989.
Briefly, we were squaring up for a fight and needed copper to make bronze.
Malcolm Henry
Sent from my iPad
> On 27 May 2014, at 11:47, Peter King <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> I sent a message a couple of years ago asking if there was anyone who
> would help with editing the non-ferrous metals section of the new
> edition of the above work that is in preparation. This largely met
> with deafening silence.
>
> I am wondering whether there is any chance of someone who knows more
> about individual metals than I do, at least being able to contribute
> in relation to single metals. [Figures in square brackets refer to a
> very large spreadsheet provided to me. I have included them to help
> me find my place in it, if someone sends me a positive reply.
>
> Tin: BHS has a long series on tin paying coinage duties from 1199 to
> 1837 [pp. 303-4]. Then there is a gap before another set of
> statistics (from the Mineral Statistics) starts with the production of
> tin ore in the 1850s. Can anyone enlighten me on what changed in
> 1837? This is of course the accession of Queen Victoria, but was
> coinage duty abolished then? If not, is there a source from which
> further data can be obtained? It would also be useful to me if
> someone could write me a short commentary on coinage duty or point me to a
source dealing with this.
>
> Copper: BHS has:
> * A short series of estimates of copper production 1780-1825 [pp.
> 275-77]
> * Data from ticketings of Copper ore in Cornwall and Devon from 1726
> [pp. 305-7]
> * Data on copper ores and production in the Mineral Statistics from
> 1850s [pp. 308-11]
> Does anyone have substantial data that can usefully be added? I
> suspect that the answer is, 'no'. However, I would like that
> confirmed. Similarly can someone point me to a source describing
> ticketing and the basis of statistics derived from this source?
>
> Lead: When I asked about this before someone pointed me to work on
> lead exports from certain ports, but the conclusions were very
> tentative. Am I right in thinking there is nothing else substantial
> before the start of the Mineral Statistics?
>
> Peter King
> 49, Stourbridge Road,
> Hagley
> Stourbridge
> West Midlands
> DY9 0QS
> [log in to unmask]
> 01562-720368
>
> If you need to leave the list, send the following message to
> [log in to unmask] -
>
> leave mining-history
> ---------
If you need to leave the list, send the following message to
[log in to unmask] -
leave mining-history
---------
If you need to leave the list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] -
leave mining-history
---------
|