moltonman
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15 years ago

I would be grateful if anyone can recommend locations for source material to research the mining history of the North Devon area - particularly around North Molton. Many thanks.
rhychydwr
15 years ago
"moltonman" wrote:


I would be grateful if anyone can recommend locations for source material to research the mining history of the North Devon area - particularly around North Molton. Many thanks.



Yes: A LIST OF MINES IN NORTH DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET by Peter F Claughton 2nd edition 1997 24 pp 191 described and located.

either from me at great expences or from Peter's website for nothing. 😉
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carnkie
15 years ago
Not for me to rob Tony of much needed income 🙂 but the web site http://people.exeter.ac.uk/pfclaugh/mhinf/nd_list/nd_intro.htm 
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rhychydwr
15 years ago
"carnkie" wrote:

Not for me to rob Tony of much needed income 🙂 but the web site http://people.exeter.ac.uk/pfclaugh/mhinf/nd_list/nd_intro.htm 



Many thanks, saved me looking it up.

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moltonman
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15 years ago
Thats brilliant thanks.

I do voluntary work in the local museum, and as my father was a cornish miner - Levant, Geevor, Crofty and Wheal Jane, I've always had an interest. As it happens I've seen some of Peters sheets before - but not all these :)

Incidentally it seems to me that as all the grid references are available it should be relatively simple to upload them to google earth and have an interactive map..

Dunno if you guys may find that interesting.
carnkie
15 years ago
You probaly could get an interactive map okay but there may be a slight problem as GE doesn't like UK GRs and with the conversion you may end up not quite in the right spot.
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ICLOK
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15 years ago
Thats the same web site you gave me CK about a year ago! 😉
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moltonman
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15 years ago
I've been looking at the conversion and I think it may be time consuming and probably, as you said, fairly inaccurate.
Wyn
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15 years ago
There's a fair bit of information in "Exmoor's Industrial Archaeology" Ed Michael Atkinson. It was published by Exmoor books in 1997. There are six chapters and the first three are concerned with mining. There are sections relating to North Molton copper and gold mining. I don't know if it's still in print.
rhychydwr
15 years ago
"Wyn" wrote:

There's a fair bit of information in "Exmoor's Industrial Archaeology" Ed Michael Atkinson. It was published by Exmoor books in 1997. There are six chapters and the first three are concerned with mining. There are sections relating to North Molton copper and gold mining. I don't know if it's still in print.


YES, secondhand copies are still available.
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Bob Pit
15 years ago
Simon Camm's (1999) Gold in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon has a short but interesting section on Poltimore (Bamfylde) mine among others, with lots of useful references. Archaeological surveys of New Florence and Bampfylde appear in Mining History Vol 13.2 available on the interweb at:

http://www.pdmhs.com/BackIssues.asp 

There's also 2 PhD thesis you migh what to seek out. They might be hard to get hold of but possibly in a local history library in your area

Rottenbury, F J 1974 Geology, Mineralogy and Mining History in the Metalliferous Mining Areas of Exmoor (Univ Leeds)

and

Dixon, D 1983 Mining and the Community of North Molton, South Molton, Molland and Twitchen, Devonshire (Uni Southampton)
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derrickman
15 years ago
"carnkie" wrote:

You probaly could get an interactive map okay but there may be a slight problem as GE doesn't like UK GRs and with the conversion you may end up not quite in the right spot.



true

what I do for this, is to enter them into a Garmin GPS as UK GRs then download them into GE. The Garmin handles the conversion and outputs a file in Lat & Long which goes straight into any GE, Flashearth type programme.

make sure you have the correct geodesy selected before entering UK GRs
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Graigfawr
15 years ago
Most higher degree (Masters / Doctoral) theses can be borrowed via Inter-Library Loan. Many libraries make a modest charge (c.£5) for sourcing them and most lending institutions insist upon the theses only being consulted within the borrowing library - i.e. they are treated like reference-only material.
Bob Pit
15 years ago
"Graigfawr" wrote:

Most higher degree (Masters / Doctoral) theses can be borrowed via Inter-Library Loan. Many libraries make a modest charge (c.£5) for sourcing them and most lending institutions insist upon the theses only being consulted within the borrowing library - i.e. they are treated like reference-only material.



You can also download theses or buy on CD for about £15 at this website:

http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do 

but only from Universities that are participating, which is most of the.
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Moorebooks
15 years ago
"Wyn" wrote:

There's a fair bit of information in "Exmoor's Industrial Archaeology" Ed Michael Atkinson. It was published by Exmoor books in 1997. There are six chapters and the first three are concerned with mining. There are sections relating to North Molton copper and gold mining. I don't know if it's still in print.



Still in print http://www.moorebooks.co.uk/shelves/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16627&substring=exmoor 

Mike
lipsi
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15 years ago
I have a small freeware prog that does the conversion to GE co-ordinates. all you do is paste the O/S ref in. If you pm me I'll happily send it to you later
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15 years ago
Love the signature, Lipsi - I heard this song played by the Ragged Band with gusto at the Lowender Kernewek in Moonta a few years ago. Got the CD to remind me! 🙂
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tekline
13 years ago
Hi

I have just completed a book entitled "North Molton Gold"! which describes my adventures visiting the Bampfylde mine, looking into the history and myths of the gold mining operations in the 1850s and proving that there is still about £2 million worth of gold on the gossan dumps of the site.

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The foreword was written by Peter Stucly, who owns the mineral rights of the site and is the youngest son of Sir Hugh Stucley.

At £1.97 the book for the Kindle can be found at

http://www.amazon.co.uk/North-Molton-Gold-ebook/dp/B008NXCHVQ 

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13 years ago
Hello Pixie...Long time no hear. Glad to see you're still about foochin an' moochin. 🙂
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13 years ago
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