and I will have all in stock when available
Mike
WWW.moorebooks.co.uk
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----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Claughton <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:37 PM
Subject: Landmark - Mining books and query on Dale Mine.
> Landmark publishing have informed me that they will shortly publish
details
> of the following books on their website
http://www.landmarkpublishing.co.uk -
> >
> >The Somerset Coalfield by John Cornwell
> >
> >The North Staffordshire Coalfield by Paul Deakin
> >
> >Cheadle Coalfield & Churnet Valley Ironstone by the late Herbert Chester
(a
> >revised 2nd of his previous 2 books to be published as a new single
volume).
> >
> >Also:-
> >
> >Collieries of South Wales by John Cornwell will be ready in late July.
> >
>
> Lindsey Porter also adds the following query on the pumping arrangement at
> Dale Mine -
>
> >
> >PS. At the Dale Lead Mine (North Staffordshire) in the 1860s, the Cornish
> >engine was not situated on the main pumping shafts but had linkage
sideways
> >to two seperate lots of pitwork, both working off pitwork attached to the
> >beam. Does anyone know of a photograph of a similar arrnagement
elsewhere? I
> >have seen one sideways linkage on a photograph but not two. A crude
diagram
> >of it is on page 122 of my 'Copper & Lead Mines of the Manifold Valley.'.
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