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>I'm looking for information about the ships that carried ore to >Swansea, either for sale or for smelting. Kathleen, I presume you are not looking for the shipment of Michigan ores to Swansea in any quantity. After 1840 the U.S. developed its own copper smelting capacity, treating both home and imported ores. For information on ore shipments into Swansea from the U.S. I suspect you will have to go to primary sources, largely in the UK (Public Record Office) - http://www.pro.gov.uk. For sources prior to 1800 go to the PRO leaflet on Port Books, 1565-1799 http://www.pro.gov.uk/leaflets/ri2116.htm For sources after 1800 you will need to search through class lists like CUST (Customs Records). Secondary sources, where available, might be accessed through local groups - try http://www.swanseahistoryweb.org.uk/ for contacts. Peter ______________________________________________ Peter Claughton, Blaenpant Morfil, Rosebush, Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 7RE. Tel. 01437 532578; Fax. 01437 532921; Mobile 07831 427599 University of Exeter - Department of History School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies E-mail: [log in to unmask] Co-owner - mining-history e-mail discussion list. See http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/mining-history/ for details. Mining History Pages - http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~pfclaugh/mhinf/ _____________________________________________ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%