Phil
There is a wealth of Pb/Zn industrial archaeology all over the hills of
Western Flintshire...most of it easily accessible, but poorly recorded,
and sometimes erroneously identified. You wouldn't believe the number of
listed "Welsh long houses" there are that are, in truth, mine smelts,
headworks, etc.
You cn get a flavour of what is dotted around on the CPAT website
http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/mines/mines.htm
Hope this helps - apologies if the data is all wrong side of the border!
Kind Regards
Keith
Keith Nicholls BSc MSc CEng FIMMM MICE MIQ
Principal Engineer
Geotechnics Ltd
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Phil Newman
Sent: 30 June 2011 04:29 PM
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Subject: Lead/Zinc dressing
Hi,
Can anyone enlighten me on how dressing processes would have differed
between lead and zinc at mines, where both metals are known to have been
exploited? I'd be particularly interested to know if there are any
specific
forms of archaeological evidence that might survive, exclusively
associated
with zinc dressing at British mines. Any published examples, preferably
in
England, would be particularly welcome.
I am currently pulling together the assessments for the Research
Framework
for the Archaeology of the Extractive Industries in England for NAMHO,
and
I'm hoping that a number of gaps in the data might be filled by
consulting
the wealth of knowledge possessed by list members. This is but one
example -
others to follow.
Many thanks
Phil Newman (NAMHO Project Officer)
http://www.vmine.net/namho-2010/research.asp
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