Regarding my earlier enquiry regarding these mines near Ivybridge in south Devon. There is a very good account of the Filham (Ivybridge Consols) Mine at the following URL - http://www.mediasterling.co.uk/ivybridge/ The work was done by the late Bryan Nicholls and posted to the Web by his son. Peter ______________________________________________ Peter Claughton, Blaenpant Morfil, Rosebush, Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 7RE. Tel. 01437 532578; Fax. 01437 532921; Mobile 07831 427599 University of Exeter - School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies (Centre for South Western Historical Studies) E-mail: [log in to unmask] Co-owner - mining-history e-mail discussion list. See http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/mining-history/ for details. Mining History Pages - http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~pfclaugh/mhinf/ _____________________________________________