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Further to Peter's note, the same publication (British Mining 69 (2001), pp.26-46) has a paper by Roger Burt entitled "Europe v. America. Sources of change in international mining technology in the 19th century". By analysing attitudes and events in the mining fields, he has challenged some American claims to leadership (in matters mining) in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Sadly, even Roger baulked at challenging the easy notion that itinerant Cornishmen took the art and craft of mining to all points on the globe. Some targets are perhaps just too big! I also look forward to having more papers on the mining industries in other countries and getting away from the parochial approaches which sometimes bedevil mining history. Mike Gill