To clear up some possible confusion - The following message from Mike Munro
did not reach the full mining-history list although my response dated 21:50
11/01/1999 did.
Peter
>NOTE FROM: M.P.Munro E-Mail [log in to unmask]
> Rotating Equipment Engineer, Barry. Tel +44(0)1446 723908
> Pump Global Tech Team Chair. Fax +44(0)1446 701266
>SUBJECT: Re : Looking for information about iron karstic mines
>
>
>Denis Morin,
>
> There were several 'Karstic' mines as you term them, along the southern edge
>of the South Wales coalfield in Carboniferous Limestone, where the replacement
>deposit was ferritic. The most recently worked one, Llanharry, only closed in
>1976. Likewise most iron mines worked in the Forest of Dean (as you are aware)
>and in West Cumbria were also of this type, mines in the former having been
>first worked prior to Roman times.
>
> The most comprehensive publications covering these deposits/mines are the MGS
>Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain Volume VIII, 'Iron
>Ores - The Haematites of West Cumberland, Lancashire and the Lake District',
>B.A.Smith & Volume X 'Iron Ores - The Haematites of The Forest of Dean and
>South Wales', T.F.Sibly.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Regards,
> Mike
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