Adrian
http://www.tidza.demon.co.uk/1896-67.htm
There is a Jack and Ball mine listed here as a coal mine, could be your "query"
Alan
Alan Hart
Collections Leader
Mineralogy Department
Natural History Museum, London
>I have had the following query
>
>" I have recently been reading about mines in the 19th century and I
>have come across a term which I have never seen before.The mine is
>described as a "Jack and Ball" mine. I would appreciate it very much if
>you could explain this to me."
>
>I have never heard of it - can anyone help?
>
>Adrian
>
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>Visit the following sites for references to all kinds of mining subjects
>
>British Mining Database <http://www.ap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bmd/bmd.htm>
>
>Shropshire Mines Trust <http://www.ap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/smt/smt.htm>
>
>Snailbeach Mine <http://www.ap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sbeach/sbeach.htm>
>
>Tankerville Mine <http://www.ap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tank/tank.htm>
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>Friends of Bersham Colliery <http://www.ap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bct/bct.htm>
>
>Caves & Mines of Cyprus <http://a4.012webpages.com/cyprus/cyprus.htm>
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