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Didn't we have a visit to a Mining Records Office near Burton on Trent as part of BCS a few years ago? I've just found the web page at http://www.coal.gov.uk/services/miningrecords/index.cfm. The web page says that they hold coal abandonment plans going back to 1872. I remember it being a fascinating visit. So they hold a lot of the information even if it isn't all available on one series of maps. Best wishes, Clare Cooper, Alexander P R wrote: > > While I can see the aim of the proposal, is the OS the appropriate > body to do this? The OS do not normally provide historical data; they > provide a map of what is currently on the ground (with the occasional > exception of battle-sites). They don’t provide a historical product; > they provide a definitive version of what is there now. As defunct > pits may have no expression on the surface, is it the OS’ job to add > such data to their maps? I am sure that where there are existing > surface buildings, these are present on the OS’ maps. > > Paul > > *From:* A forum for issues related to map & spatial data librarianship > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Francis Herbert > *Sent:* 13 October 2008 11:34 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: Campaign to pin coal mines on OS maps > > Robert (et al.): > > The idea of “seeking to have the sites of defunct coal mines recorded > on Ordnance Survey maps.” reminds some of us with elephantine memories > of a similar (same?) nationwide effort, ca 1980, following a pit or > mine disaster, of calling in and collection of _all_ maps and plans > marking disused mines & pits in to form a ‘preventative’ database. > Someone will come up with the responsible government (?) department’s > name; and somewhere I think some of us will have a yellow-coloured > paper public advertisement calling for such cartographic materials to > be forwarded. > > Francis (again) > -- Librarian / Web Manager Kennedy Library Earth Sciences School of Earth & Environment Leeds University Leeds, LS2 9JT U.K. Tel: 0113 343 5210 Fax: 0113 343 5259 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/