Min-hist biblio
Descent / The magazine of underground exploration is published by Wild
Places Publishing. email: [log in to unmask] (159) April/May 2000
p 13 Access for Ashford Black Marble Mine, Derbyshire.
p 16 Mining in the British Isles Part 9 Slate by Chris Jones.
Coniston Copper Mines by Tim Ball pp 231-236 map
Slate Mines in the Duddon Valley [Coniston] pp 236 - 240 survey
both articles are in Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 10 No 8
Autumn 2000
A note on Walter Sylvestor and his invention by Peter and Julie Mohr and
Jim and Jackie Newton. Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club Newsletter Vol 38
No 2 May 2001 pp 2-3 illus. A Sylvestor is a ratchet and lever tool used in
mining. I use to use a similar device on the farm for tensioning sheep
fencing before I got a Subaru.
Ritton Castle Mine by Ben Shaw. Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club Newsletter
Vol 38 No 2 May 2001 pp 3-5 illus. Re-opening of old boat level for Bog
Mine, Shropshire.
Borrowdale Wad Mine by Samuel Carradice. Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club
Newsletter Vol 38 No 2 May 2001 pp 18-20 surveys. Interesting 112 m deep
through trip using SRT.
Stock’s House Shaft - Digging into history by Tony Jarratt. The Belfrey
Bulletin Vol 51 No 6 No 511 July 2001 pp 36 - 43 photos. Latest episode
[cf BB 502, 504-508] of the long running saga of cavers digging a mine
and expecting to find a cave and only finding more mined passage [300
feet]. Useful account of making a wheelbarrow for mine use to 15C
design. Reprint of old mine map from the BM [Add Ms 5027A, art,
49.f.776-78a] showing the mine in 1657.
Contributed by Tony Oldham
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