New Underground Field Guide to Peak District Mines

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ByronMachin
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New From Seven Stones Publishing

The Mines of the Peak District Vol. 1: The South West Peak

Mine Explorer Byron Machin presents the first volume in a new and comprehensive guide to the accessible underground mine workings in England’s most beautiful national park. Along with information to aid underground exploration, fascinating insights into the mines histories are also provided.

A5 paperback, 36 pages, colour, illustrated with photographs.
£4.50 including p&p

Vol. 2: Matlock & The Via Gellia due February 2010

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Please make all cheques payable to ‘Byron Machin’ and send to Byron Machin, Bankend House, 49 North Street, Leek, Staffordshire, ST138DW.

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ditzy
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15 years ago

Can we call in and have a look before we buy often go thru leek on way to derbys
how does it compare the the crewe guide and the new copd that is comong out soon?

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ttxela
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15 years ago

I bought one - see the Bincliffe mine thread.

There's some information in there on some mines I wasn't previously aware of and ideas for future trips and therefore I am satisfied with my purchase.

It is a rather short book though more of a pamphlet really and some might think the price is a little high for 36 pages.

One minor Gripe - What is titled as a gazeteer of accesible mines contains quite a number of mines which are described as ..... inaccessible :confused:

It's good stuff though and I'll more than likely buy the Matlock one when it comes out.

ByronMachin
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15 years ago

Hi Upper Bincliffe is still accesible, just a tight squeeze to access the shaft!

The first volume does contain about a dozen innacessible mines, along with the sixty or so others that are listed as accessible. These are mainly included as their was little reference to them in previous literature, and also because i live locally and wanted to be comprehensive in my coverage.

The next three volumes also contain a few mines which are officially innacessible, but if you read under the lines they are in there for a reason.

The books are all privatley published, and with the full colour plates and card cover etc. they were quite an expensive job. In fact i dont even make £1 on each sale! I wrote the books for the love of it and because when i started exploring their was no easily accessible guide such as these available.

ICLOK
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15 years ago

Well done that man!!! Wish I'd had such a set of guides when I started .... this is a long overdue publication in my mind. Thats the trouble with printing it yourself.... its expensive.. I do similar size auction catalogues and know they work out at about £4 a throw!!!
Such guides are a small price when you divide the cost by how many mines you actually can then find... :thumbsup:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!

ttxela
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15 years ago

Fair enough :flowers: no real criticism intended. As I said I'm looking forward to the Matlock one :thumbup:

ICLOK
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15 years ago

Me too.... i reckon that will be well worth a read...
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!

Moorebooks
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15 years ago

There was a guide book to the area by Trevor Ford - Caves of the Peak District which did include Mines. I have ordered some off Byron for stock

Publishing is very expensive if you do a small run - hence why Clubs often produce these sort of guides but does mean the author loses control and makes it difficult to update

Mike

ByronMachin
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15 years ago

Caves of the Peak is an excellent guide - though sadly out of print. However it does include very few mines within it, compared to those which are actually accessible. In the four volumes i have written, no more than 20% are mines which can also be found in Caves of the Peak. Understandably i guess as it is mainly a caving guide.