I will get one of the leading people in the field to pen a few words.
As for HE maybe you were too full of your self importance to take enough
interest on what you may have considered a caving club selling publications
that were beneath you 😁😁😁😁.
Seriously I hope to have copies at the NAHMO AGM in FoD don't forget the
cheque you will not be disappointed
Mike
On 8 March 2016 at 11:10, Claughton, Peter <[log in to unmask]>
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> Did I? Cannot recall it, but that might mean I was not impressed. Has
> anyone done a detailed review ?
>
> Peter
>
> Dr Peter Claughton - Mobile phone +44 (0)7831 427599
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> From: Mike Moore<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 08/03/2016 10:06
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [mining-history] Reprint of Mines and Minerals of the Mendip
> Hills
>
> Peter you were at Hidden Earth at Churchill and viewed the volumes then so
> comments duprise me
>
> Mike
> On 8 Mar 2016 9:51 a.m., "Claughton, Peter" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > I would certainly be interested but would need to see the publication
> > before parting with nearly £80. If it is published in Germany it will not
> > be available through the British copyright libraries so we are very much
> in
> > the dark as to the content. A book on Mendip mining is long overdue, to
> > update Gough's work from the 1920s/30s, but is this the book?
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > Dr Peter Claughton - Mobile phone +44 (0)7831 427599
> > ________________________________
> > From: Mike Moore<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: 08/03/2016 09:26
> > To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: [mining-history] Reprint of Mines and Minerals of the Mendip
> Hills
> >
> > Following my mention that this book had been reprinted a number of people
> > contacted me for more information..
> >
> > Author Peter Burr, 2 Volumes in Hardback over 1000pp, the volumes are a
> > comprehensive study of the mines and Minerals of the area and a result
> of a
> > lifetimes research by Peter. It is highly regarded by experts on Mendip
> and
> > Mineralogy. He has self financed the publication from Germany I
> understand
> > on the strength of selling out of the original print run he has paid for
> a
> > further 120 sets (20 of which are staying in Germany) of this work. I
> > expect the books to be available for longer but be aware of the short
> run.
> >
> > The cost is £70 + £8.50 P&P (UK using a courier an insured) if anyone is
> > interested please contact me off line as I intend to collect copies for
> > distribution)
> >
> > Mike
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