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Thanks for the heads-up on the new copper book. Perhaps the Net is the place to have authors ask for obscure bits of info about their subject before the publication notice. For instance, when Gordon's American Iron was in production, I wish I had known because there are parts of the book which relied on outdated info. The Belle Isle Ironworks was in production far earlier than Bruce thought and I have done fairly extensive work on the place. Also, relative to copper, I found an obscure reference to a copper mine on the VA/NC border which may have been an 18th century operation which the author may have found useful, but it's too late now. What about it, authors, can you cast your queries on the waters and weed out the chaff from the wheat, to completely mix metaphors. Is the Net an appropriate place to do it, but also, are there problems with sources, etc. that perhaps I'm naively considering available? Lyle %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%