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In message <[log in to unmask]>, SERVICE CULTUREL L'ARGENTIERE <[log in to unmask]> writes >> Could anyone on the list point me in the direction of any descriptions >> or sites showing the crushing and washing of lead ores in the mid >> 18th century please? I have a riverside site where the ores from a >> nearby mine were prepared, prior to being shipped across the >> Bristol Channel to Bristol for smelting, and am looking for any >> parallels. >> >> Thanks >> >> Tim >> >> -- >> Dr Tim Young >> Email: [log in to unmask] >> Web: www.geoarch.co.uk >> Phone: 029 20747480 >> Mobile: 07802 413704 >> Fax: 08700 547366 > >There was a lead ore plant dating from the mid 17th century near Llanelly at >Pencoed on the River Loughor, with shipment from Yspitty Pill. Coke was used >here, before its use at Ironbridge ;-) > >See : > >M.V. Symons, Coal Mining in the Llanelly Area, vol. I (1979) > >Cheers, Ian R R Angerstein's Illustrated Travel Diary, 1753-1755, trans. T & P Berg, publ. Science Museum 2001 ISBN 1 900747 24 3 has many references to lead processing, including a description and illustration of ore washing at mines in the Mendips. Hope this will prove useful Best wishes -- Peter Berg