A major and recent article regarding Derbyshire Chert mining was
published as:
"Hard Times: A History of the Derbyshire Chert Industry" by
Gordon Bowering and Roger Flindall
in Mining History: The Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical
Society. Vol. 13:5 (Summer 1998) pp1-31.
It contains a detailed discussion on the geology of chert, Flint Mill
grinding, the extraction and transport of chert and a complete
history of all the chert mines and mining companies of Derbyshire.
There are 6 b/w plates and 3 colour (by Paul Deakin) photos
together with 11 figures.
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