I just happened to be searching for one of these this morning and discovered 18 of them had become available free online just yesterday.


Vol. I. Tungsten and Manganese Ores. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson01geol 

Vol. II. Barytes and Witherite.http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson02geol 

Vol. III. Gypsum and Anhydrite.

Vol. IV. Fluorspar.http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson04geol 

Vol. V. Potash-Felspar, Phosphate of Lime, Alum Shales, Plumbago- or Graphite, Molybdenite, Chromite, Talc AND Steatite (Soapstone, Soap-Rock and Potstone),Diatomite. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson05geol 

Vol. VI. Refractory Materials : Canister and Silica Rock, Sand for Open-Hearth Steel Furnaces, Dolomite.http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson06geol 

Vol. VII. Mineral Oil, Kimmeridge Oil Shale, Lignites, Jets, Cannel Coals,
Natural Gas. England and Wales.

Vol. VIII. Iron Ores : Hematites of West Cumberland, Lancashire and the Lake District.

Vol. IX. Iron Ores (contd.). Sundry Unbedded Ores of Durham, East Cumberland, North Wales, Derbyshire, The Isle of Man, Bristol District and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson09geol 

Vol. X. Iron Ores (contd.). The Hematites of the Forest of Dean and South Wales.

Vol. XI Iron Ores (contd.). The Iron Ores of Scotland.http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson11geol 

Vol. XII. Iron Ores (contd.). Bedded Ores of the Lias, Oolites and Later Formations in England. http://archive.org/details/specialreportson12geol 

Vol. XIII. Iron Ores (contd.). Pre-Carboniferous and Carboniferous Bedded Ores of England and Wales. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson13geol 

Vol. XIV. Refractory Materials : Fireclays. Resources AND Geology.http://archive.org/details/specialreportson14geol 

Vol. XV. Arsenic and Antimony Ores.

Vol. XVI. Refractory Materials : Ganister and Silica-Rock, Sand for Open-Hearth Steel Furnaces, Dolomite.Petrography and Chemistry. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson16geol 

Vol. XVII. The Lead, Zinc, Copper and Nickel Ores of Scotland.http://archive.org/details/specialreportson17geol 

Vol. XVIII. Rock-Salt and Brine.

Vol. XIX. Lead and Zinc Ores in the Carboniferous Rocks of North Wales. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson19geol 

Vol. XX. Lead and Zinc : The Mining District of North Cardiganshire and West Montgomeryshire. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson20geol 

Vol. XXI. Lead, Silver-Lead and Zinc Ores of Cornwall,Devon and Somerset. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson21geol 

Vol. XXII. Lead and Zinc Ores of the Lake District. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson22geol 

Vol. XXIII. Lead and Zinc Ores in the Pre-Carboniferous Rocks of West Shropshire and North Wales. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson23geol 

Vol. XXIV. Cannel Coals, Lignite and Mineral Oil in Scotland. http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson24geol 

Vol. XXV. Lead and Zinc Ores of Northumberland and Alston Moor.
http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson25geol 

Vol. XXVI. Lead and Zinc Ores of Durham, Yorkshire AND Derbyshire, with Notes on the Isle of Man.http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson26geol 

Vol. XXVII. Copper Ores of Cornwall and Devon.http://www.archive.org/details/specialreportson27geol 


Iron Ores of Great Britain (4 Volumes) http://archive.org/details/cu31924004694257 

Fantastic, thanks for the heads up. Found some really interesting stuff after only a few minutes browsing.

Well done for finding these Chris, I've also found useful info in just a couple of minutes browsing! :thumbup:

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Marvellous! I am going to print the lot off before the boss gets in 🙂

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Marvellous! I am going to print the lot off before the boss gets in 🙂

I'll give you £2 per volume.

Chris.

Marvellous! I am going to print the lot off before the boss gets in 🙂

I'll give you £2 per volume.

Chris.

Done 🙂

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Vol. XIX. Lead and Zinc Ores in the Carboniferous Rocks of North Wales. 🔗

Excellent, thanks Chris. That just saved me a lot of time & expence 😉
Good to bump this thread too. :blink:
...Lister;~)

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Excellent, can't believe I missed the thread first time around

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Fantastic Chris - thanks. That'll give me hours of reading on my Kindle when we're down in Cornwall in a couple of weeks

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Excellent find Chris, I just read 156 pages on some rather interesting lead mines in North Wales, actually really useful info that I had not seen in print before.

Now I must do some work 🙂

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Is it cost effective to Lulu-ise some of this stuff, assuming someone had time to do some proof reading first?

I'm proofing some other out of copyright OCR-ised stuff with a view to possibly publishing on Lulu for my own use.

Robin

As a footnote to this old thread, I have added links to volumes 12, 14 and 17

Bringing the total to 21/28 of the complete set.

Hi Chris,
First time I have seen this thread and good that you have been able to add to the original list.
Have you figured out why some volumes are missing eg XXX which is on the Copper ores of the Lake District etc.
Obviously whoever put them up did not use the reprints which were available in the 80's as the above volume was reprinted with XX11 which is the lead and zinc ores of the Lake District..
Keep up the good work

Hi Chris,
First time I have seen this thread and good that you have been able to add to the original list.
Have you figured out why some volumes are missing eg XXX which is on the Copper ores of the Lake District etc.
Obviously whoever put them up did not use the reprints which were available in the 80's as the above volume was reprinted with XX11 which is the lead and zinc ores of the Lake District..
Keep up the good work

It seems to generally be University of Toronto digitizing their archives.

I imagine the occasional volume went walkabout over the years or are just yet to be done (or their grant to do it ran out)

Also found some publications here on Victorian mining engineering as well recently....It worth searching for anything to do with mining

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I've got a few beauties as well.

Out of curiosity, have any of you used a "print on demand" company to print a book you have on disc?

I'm not keen on PDF's or electronic format and I am very keen on paper copies, even if they aren't gold tooled and leather bound.

Out of curiosity, have any of you used a "print on demand" company to print a book you have on disc?

No, I just use the laser printer at work when no-ones around.

:angel:

Just bumping this 8 year old thread to the top of the forum as someone was having trouble locating it.

Thanks for that - I have the Durham/Derbyshire volume already (somewhere!) but it was a great refresher to read it again after all this time - and having now visited many of the sites discussed for myself.