Simon,
Hardly a discovery, it was known about for centuries and was exploited
in the past as there was a bloomery industry in this part of the world
long before the 19th century mining. Much as is the case whether ever
else there are iron ore sources in Britian. It was just that it was
again an economic to mine and transport.
Simon Chapman wrote:
> Just released in video is 'A Century in Stone - The Eston and California Story'.
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> Quote : "The discovery of ironstone at Eston hills in 1850 was the 'big bang' that transformed the unknown Cleveland district of North Yorkshire into the world's iron-making capital."
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> This VHS PAL 4:3 video features colour and black and white sequences, and runs for about 2 hours, detailing mining activity, history, technicalities, drama, social history etc. Price is £14-99p and comes with a useful map of the Eston and California communities and a list of the 375 men and boys killed in and about the mines in its 99 year history.
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> For some reason people seem to think of me as being unduly critical of popular attempts at recording our local mining history but this particular project of Craig's I have found hard to fault and can thoroughly recommend. When on show at UGC Middlesbrough it ran for about a month and proved more popular than any other film shown there to date.
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> At present copies are available from several local outlets; for more information visit : www.pancrack.tv
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> Simon Chapman
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