Members of the Northern Mine Research Society have just received the latest volume of British Mining (No.75), which is the second publication issued this year. The contents of Memoirs 2004 are listed below and copies are available from NMRS for £8.95 plus £1.00 p&p. Wheal Hearle, St Just: History and Archaeology – P. Joseph Dabbling in Eskdale Iron Mining – J. Goodchild The Meal Mill at Ballygrant – R.M. Callender The Brades Coal and Steel Works, Oldbury, Staffordshire – N.A. Chapman Does Familiarity Breed Contempt? Age and Accident Frequency in Cornish Non-Ferrous Metal Mining, 1881-1901 – C. Mills Explosives in the Mines of the Alston Block during the 18th and 19th Centuries – R. Fairbairn The Inghams and the Thornhill Collieries Near Dewsbury – J. Goodchild A Dispute Over Mining Royalties in the Bolton Area, 1836-1842 – A.G. Crosby Mike Gill NMRS, c/o 38 Main Street, Sutton in Craven, KEIGHLEY, BD20 7HD -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 30/12/2004