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In message <200004231635.RAA331300@mercury>, Peter Claughton <[log in to unmask]> writes > >The clay worked at Bovey Tracey was ball clay not china clay. I'm not sure >that mines are still active. In 1969, in the South Western Division of the >Mines Inspectorate, there were 19 such mines at work - the majority, if not >all, in Devon. For details of workings in North Devon see M J Messenger's >North Devon Clay, published Twelveheads, 1982. Still in print Michael? > Sorry, it is out of print, although we are thinking of reproducing it as a CD-ROM as a more economical way of making it available again in small quantities. I promise to let the list know when it happens. ----------------------------------------- Michael Messenger [log in to unmask] http://www.twelveheads.demon.co.uk/ ----------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%