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
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> 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?
>
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