It will indeed be interesting to know what the run of Mining Journals will
fetch. Particularly as most libraries requiring such a set would nowadays
purchase them on microfilm from the British Library for a fraction of the
estimated price of this set and although doubtless many private mining
historians would love to acquire them they will lack both the financial
means and the space to house the 292 volumes. Phil is probably right about
America.
An interesting fact about this set is that it was from the office of John
Taylor and son. Justin told me that he bought it cheaply from the company
when they were clearing out their office. Justin's haul at this time also
included the Wheal Friendship cost book which was sold a few years ago and
bought by the West Devon Record office. The truth of this story was
confirmed this morning when I went to view the auction and noticed inside
vol 1, a letter dated October 1970 from John Taylor and sons confirming the
sale of the whole MJ set for £150.00. Quite a bargain as I recall a copy of
Pryces Mineralogia Cornubiensis selling at that time for £32.
I will be at the sale on Tuesday watching the interesting market forces at
work.
Owen Baker
ning-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
John Morris
Sent: 25 February 2006 07:03
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Justin Brooke's library for auction
Phil,
Re the MJ project: the partners had developed it to quite and advanced
stage, including assessment of an Israeli software package especially
designed to OCR newsprint, adverts etc, but it fell by the wayside for two
reasons.
First the OCR company was based in the US, and the work would have to have
been done there - this was unacceptable to INTERREG as it is outside the EU.
The second and more critical reason, is that INTERREG 3A went cold on the
project, despite initially expressing strong interest, as they felt it did
not meet with their revised project support criteria. So an awful lot of
effort went down the tubes!
Regards,
John Morris,
Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland Ltd
www.mhti.com
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From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
NEWMAN, Phil
Sent: 24 February 2006 13:14
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Subject: Re: Justin Brooke's library for auction
Looks like they'll be ending up in an American University library then.
Which reminds me. What ever happened to the Interreg bid to digitize the
MJs?
Phil
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From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Michael Messenger
Sent: 24 February 2006 12:44
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Subject: Justin Brooke's library for auction
The late Justin Brooke's library is for sale at auction in Penzance next
Tuesday. The catalogue is on-line at www.invaluable.com/davidlay and there
are many interesting mining books. The star attraction is his set of Mining
Journals from 1835 to 1840, guide price £20-25,000.
Michael Messenger
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