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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:14:31 +0100, Robert Waterhouse <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Dear Alasdair, >Brilliant! Thanks. One query - Cock's Shaft at Wheal Crebor was only a short distance from the wheel, so why 900m? Could this one be 90m? Unless Cock's was being pumped at a late date in the mine's history by the West Crebor beam engine. >The mid-Wales & Derwent mines sound like they might be John Taylor's mines. Are they? >Robert > > > > > >======================================== Woops! sorry for Cock's read (I think) Remfry's. In Mid Wales some of the mines were JT&S's but there were many others. When I have time I will look through the relevant literature, unless anyone else can do so before hand. Although water power was alaways preominant in the area, it is possible long runs of flat rods were only brought in when the Taylors became involved in the area - can anyone confirm this? Incidently there is stuff about Wheal Crebor waterwheels in Harveys of Hayle papers at Cornwall CRO, unfortunately this collection appears to be in need of indexing for mine names - the catalogue only contains random mine references. Alasdair Neill >=========================================================================