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[USED] Adventurers in the Lead Trade - being an account of the Mining Interests of the Thornhill family of Stanton Hall, Nr Bakewell, Derbyshire
Description
Jim Rieuwerts, HB, 162pp, 255 x 155 luxury lead-grey clothbound only 300 copies produced in full colour
(publishers review)
The book features rare original maps, charts and illustrations from the Stanton Archive and Dr. Rieuwerts' private collection, photographs taken by Philip Wolstenholme, additional photographs by Paul Deakin and vintage photographs of Millclose Mine and its miners. Commissioned by the Davie-Thornhill Estate of Stanton Hall in Derbyshire, the limited edition book details the history of the Thornhill family's involvement in lead-mining between the 17th and 19th centuries, and their enthusiastic investment of venture capital into pioneering technical solutions for de-watering the orefield, and in many cases producing huge returns on their investments.
They co-funded some of the longest, deepest and most famous soughs in Derbyshire, and installed multiple Newcomen water-pumping engines deep underground in the pursuit of more lead. Many of the sites photographed in the book are rarely visited and/or poorly documented, and include Odin Mine, Blue John Caverns/Waterhull Mine, Mandale Mine, Yatestoop Sough and Drake Mine in Winster.
(publishers review)
The book features rare original maps, charts and illustrations from the Stanton Archive and Dr. Rieuwerts' private collection, photographs taken by Philip Wolstenholme, additional photographs by Paul Deakin and vintage photographs of Millclose Mine and its miners. Commissioned by the Davie-Thornhill Estate of Stanton Hall in Derbyshire, the limited edition book details the history of the Thornhill family's involvement in lead-mining between the 17th and 19th centuries, and their enthusiastic investment of venture capital into pioneering technical solutions for de-watering the orefield, and in many cases producing huge returns on their investments.
They co-funded some of the longest, deepest and most famous soughs in Derbyshire, and installed multiple Newcomen water-pumping engines deep underground in the pursuit of more lead. Many of the sites photographed in the book are rarely visited and/or poorly documented, and include Odin Mine, Blue John Caverns/Waterhull Mine, Mandale Mine, Yatestoop Sough and Drake Mine in Winster.
