The publication includes an account of the Esgairmwyn mine including the post-war reworking of the mine (G.W. Hall); two papers on lead, zinc and silver production in north-east Wales with quantitative analyses of the mining activity there (C.J. Williams, R.A. Williams); a discussion of Dillwyn & Co.’s Swansea silver refining operations (P. Claughton); further research on seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century mining at Cwmystwyth (R. Bird); Fenton’s search for coal near Tywyn (D.M.D. James); three papers on mines and mining-related archaeological work near Pontrhydfendigaid including a description of probably the first underground hydraulic engine in Wales (J. Webb, D. Sables and R. Bird); a re-examination of Brynyrafr mine (S.J.S. Hughes); the detection of methane in mines (R. Vernon); the ‘birth of flotation’ at Glasdir Mill plus a contemporary description of the later vacuum flotation process (G.W. Hall, R. Vernon); a history of the Llwyn Teify, Bwlchgwyn, Penrhiw and Ystumtuen mines (G.W. Hall) and a detailed critique of the IGS mineral reconnaissance map in the northern Central Wales Orefield (D.M. James).
Welsh Mines and Mining No. 2
| Bath Stone Quarries is a comprehensive photographic record of the Bath stone industry from the mid-Victorian period to the present day. Its scope includes not just the surviving underground relics of the industry but also the surface tramways, loading wharfs and cutting yards associated with it. The book traces the history of the industry up until the start of the Second World War, when many of the quarries were requisitioned for government use. The early phases of the government conversion work is covered, but the bigger wartime history of the quarries can be found in our sister volume, Second World War Secret Bunkers. The story continues in the immediate post-war years, when quarrying resumed in a small number of quarries, while others were adapted for other peacetime uses. Post free offer on advance orders. |
There will be an exhibition of miners’ lodge banners from the Durham coalfield on Saturday, 11th September, in Bowburn Community Centre, Durham Road, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AT. About 50 banners are expected this year.For more details, plus some hotographs of last year’s exhibition and visitors comments, please see:
www.bannergroup.bowburn.net/news.htm for more details.
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