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This strengthens the suggestion that perhaps he was the source for naming the Beaumont seam, but if I check with Trueman, on "The Coalfields of Great Britain" (p 301) he notes that the seam is only known that way in the Northumberland field and that in both parts of Durham it is the Harvey. Which might suggest otherwise? Dave -- David A. Summers Curators' Professor of Mining Engineering Adjunct Professor of Nuclear Engineering Director Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65409-0810 "fools talk, wise men listen." (a variant of Prov 12:23) phone: (573) 341 4314 FAX: (573) 341 4368 related web pages A growing selection of Dr. Summers' papers are being put on the Web and can be accessed through the Bibliography http://www.umr.edu/~rockmech/faculty/biography.html Rock Mechanics http://www.umr.edu/~rockmech/ Waterjet Lab: http://www.umr.edu/~waterjet/ UMR Stonehenge: http://www.umr.edu/~stonehen/ Personal: http://www.umr.edu/~rockmech/data/Summers.html Mining Eng. http://www.umr.edu/~mining/ Waterjet Assoc http://www.wjta.org/ International Waterjet Society: http://www.iw.uni-hannover.de/iswjt/ Next American Waterjet conference: http://www.wjta.org/conference.htm Next International Waterjet Conference (Provence, 2002) http://www.bhrgroup.co.uk/confsite/jt02home.htm