I regret that I am not familiar with the document referred to. If you like to provide a link to it, preferably with a page reference or two, as the document will presumably be a large one, I will comment further.
For the moment, I can say that "mine" was a common term for iron ore or ironstone. However, I cannot immediately think of anywhere, either in Shropshire or South Wales where ores of iron were obtained other than from the coal measures, where I would have expected ore (mine) to be a valuable byproduct of coal mining.
Sorry, that statement was too sweeping, there was a belt of haematite ore running from Castell Coch, north of Cardiff, to Llantrisant.
Peter King
On 28 Feb 2017, at 16:04, Lynne Mayers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> In the 1842 reports/interviews for South Wales and for Shropshire, the word ‘mine’ seems to be used as shorthand for ironstone mine (as opposed to colliery) and also for the ironstone itself. Would this be a fair interpretation – or is that too simplistic?
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> Many thanks,
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