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My sincere apologies--don't you just love automated email programs? The site's background: -The focus is indeed the Welsh smelting industry, firstly because there was a lack of good quality publicly-circulating information about it and its connections with mining and manufacturing. -Secondly, the project itself was also focused on raising awareness of the important history of the copperworks sites in the Lower Swansea Valley and has succeeded in feeding into an important heritage-led regeneration project for the area and so it was important for the information produced for the exhibition and website to reflect this. -There is in fact some really interesting information on the Welsh copper mining context, particularly that of Anglesey. You can find this information and images and downloadable resources in several of the exhibition guides, from information on Thomas Williams's monopoly across the industry to the growth of Amlwch and a fascinating Swansea ticketing document which lists a number of Welsh mines providing ore for the smelting market (see Business and prices). See also the Deep History section. -There are two other projects which will (hopefully) produce material specifically focused on Welsh metal mining in the near future, one will be familiar, the development of Parys Mountain into a first class visitor attraction overseen by Amlwch Industrial Heritage Trust, and the other is the Metal Links project, which is being overseen by the Irish Geological Survey and RCAHMW and focus on the Welsh/Irish shared experience of mining heritage. The site was developed over a relatively short space of time and there was certainly no ignorant or deliberate reason for omitting specific content on copper mining in Wales during the industrial period. Time, resources and the need to deliver on the specific project aims dictated the selection of content. As I mentioned, contributions of good quality, well-written content are more than welcome. We are all working on this on a completely voluntary basis so do get in touch off-list with any offers of material. All the best, Tehmina On 17 November 2011 09:11, Dave Linton <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > On 16 Nov 2011, at 09:38, Tehmina Goskar wrote: > > > ... http://www.welshcopper.org.uk ... > > This seems to be an interesting, informative and attractive site. > > However the primary focus seems (from my admitted brief look at it) to be > the copper smelting industry around Swansea. I was disappointed by the lack > of information about copper mining in north Wales - one has to follow a > link to another website (RCAHMW's website Coflein system) to find a list of > copper-related sites for the whole of Wales. In particular, a notable lack > seems to be the omission of any mention of the development of the flotation > process (at Glasdir copper mine near Dolgellau) which was of international > significance. > > I think it would be good if the site could be expanded to include more on > the history of copper mining in Wales from the Bronze Age copper mines of > Parys and Great Orme, the various 18th- and 19th-centry copper mining > ventures of various size and success through to the 20th-century mining > operations on Anglesey. > > Dave > -- > Dave Linton > 01341 280901 > -- Dr Tehmina Goskar, MA AMA [log in to unmask] http://tehmina.goskar.com/ Research Associate History & Classics Prifysgol Abertawe / Swansea University