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Peak District mining and quarrying / [compiled by] Lynn Willies and Harry Parker in conjunction with the National Association of Mining History Organisations and the Peak District Mining Museum

Published
Stroud : Tempus, 2004.
Physical Description
128 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Willies, L. M. (Lynn M), Parker, Harry, National Association of Mining History Organisations, and Peak District Mines Historical Society

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Contents
Early mining -- Mining law -- Lead mines and miners -- The deposits and their working -- Mechanical power in mining -- Dressing the ores -- Smelting the ores -- Mining for vein minerals from the late nineteenth century -- Millclose- The last major lead mine -- Quarrying for gritstone -- Large-scale working for limestone -- Ornamental and industrial rocks and minerals -- Roads and settlements -- Caring for our mining heritage.
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ISBN
075241710X
9780752417103
Source of Acquisition
Earth & Mineral Sciences copy: Purchased with funds from the Kenneth & Marion Pollock Libraries Program Endowment; 20078.
Endowment Note
Kenneth and Marion Pollock Libraries Program Endowment
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