I'm not the one you need to tell! I'm in London.They're in Cornwall. If they don't know then I'm sure they'd welcome a direct approach. I know they were having problems with the way in which mines changed names and were amalgamated.
regards
John A W Lock
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From: Robert Waterhouse
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Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: Underground maps and GIS in Cornwall
Dear John,
Probably worth mentioning that sometimes AMRs from outside the county concerned may find their way to the wrong record office. The CRO has certainly got Devon material and vice versa! Its always worth checking, especially if they don't know where the mines are.
Robert Waterhouse> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:46:32 +0100> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Underground maps and GIS in Cornwall> To: [log in to unmask]> > Nothing for months and then 2 come along at once...> > This is probably not news to people more actively involved in mining history > than I am (i.e. most of you) but recently at the IHR here in London two > people from Cornwall Record Office (Alison Spence and Eliie Tout) attended a > workshop on map sources to assist them with handling Mining Record Office > abandonment plans for the hard rock mines in Cornwall. There are 3,600 of > these which have recently been digitally photographed by the Coal Authority. > They are looking into ways of making these more accessible and also looking > into how to tie these underground maps in with GIS... [that will be fun!] > in line with the records of the Historic Environment section of the County > Council.> In the long term they are looking to tie these in with other documentary > sources relating to the individual mines e.g. Stannary records.> > It may come as no surprise to you that they are experiencing problems with > determining the exact geographical locations to which some of the maps > pertain - they say this cannot be readily determined by > non-mining-specialists> > regards> > John A W Lock
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