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The Proceedings of the 2014 NAMHO Conference are now available.
Paying delegates to last year's conference are entitled to one free copy each. I will be taking copies to the 2015 conference to distribute to last year's delegates. For those people not going to this year's conference I will endeavour to pass them on directly (or by 'caver post'). Otherwise, unfortunately, we will have to charge p&p of £2.50.
The papers in the Proceedings cover prehistoric mining technology, the introduction of deep mining in Devon and Cornwall, the technological background of the Newcomen engine, the German mine managers at Tyndrum, a history of boreholes for geological investigation and other purposes, mine drainage and copper precipitation at Parys Mountain, Anglesey, metalliferous exploration in north Wales since 1964, technological and social change in the extractive industries of north-west Wales, the stone cutting and tunnelling machines of James and George Hunter, the electrification of the north Wales slate quarries and technology adoption in stone quarrying in Wales.
Mining Technology, ed. D. J. Linton, Welsh Mines and Mining 4 (Welsh Mines Society, 2015), PB, 180 pp, ISBN 978-0-9561377-3-9, £12.50 + £2.50 p&p
Dave