Very sorry to hear this. A year or two ago, we corresponded about silver ore assays for the
Sark mines that were in an assay book of the Tamar Smelting Works at Cornwall Record Office.
He was happy to help me with some of the less decypherable handwritten entries, having studied
the book himself at Truro.
Howard Sprenger.
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From: Claughton, Peter
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2016 5:57 PM
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Subject: Alasdair 'Ali' Neill
I regret that I have to inform the list of the death of Alasdair 'Ali' Neill - he died in
Plymouth of cancer on 28th October - unfortunately I have no further details.
Ali was a caver / mine explorer and mining historian with great energy in everything he put his
mind to. He had amassed a wealth of detail on mining in the south-west of England and he was a
major contributor to the recently published Mining in Cornwall & Devon, Mines and Men (Exeter
2014) where his knowledge of the data outside that available through the conventional Mineral
Statistics was invaluable.
His depth of knowledge will be missed.
Peter
Dr Peter Claughton MCIfA,
Blaenpant Morfil, nr. Rosebush, Clunderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 7RE.
Tel. +44 (0)1437 532578; Mobile +44 (0)7831 427599
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