A blatant advertisement and a request for information ...
Early next year the Welsh Mines Society hope to publish the
The Lode of History: Proceedings of the Welsh Mines Society Conference September 2007[photo]Personal-Album-166-Image-007[/photo]
The contents will be:
The Lode of History: David Bick’s contribution to mining history - Rob Vernon
The Origins of Metal Mining in Britain - Simon Timberlake
Lead Bale Smelting in the North of England - Richard Smith and Sam Murphy
Unravelling William Waller’s Cwmystwyth - Roger Bird
The Company of Mine Adventurers: a bibliography of contemporary publications, 1693–1737 - Robert Protheroe Jones
The Miner’s Lot: aspects of mining life in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Wales - Simon J.S. Hughes
The Bryntail and Glyn Mines - Roger Bird
The Penclyn Mine - Steve Oliver and Christine Smith
The Early History of Geophysical Prospecting in England and Wales - Rob Vernon
Historical Records in the Evaluation of Goldfields - Simon Dominy
Dylife: lode remapping amongst ‘these glorious hills’ David James
Quantity or Quality: the presentation of mining history in England and Wales - Peter Claughton
A Future Prospect: mining history publication in the digital age - Dave Linton
The volume will be about 110pp. of article text plus editorial matter, and the price is expected to be around £10.
My reason for mentioning it here is to try to find out how many list members would be interested in purchasing a copy so I can get some idea of the size of the print run required. If you are likely to purchase a copy please PM or email me. (i.e. don't hit 'Reply' but email me directly at
[email protected])
Note that if you attended the conference you will get a copy automatically and you should not reply here. Also, if you have answered this question in some other forum please do not reply again.
If you have read to the end of this posting, thank you for your patience.
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