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Mine exploration, photographs and mining history for mine explorers, industrial archaeologists, researchers and historians

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grahami
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17 years ago

Just came across this on the JISC Mining History List and had a look - some fantastic books which you can view on line or download as pdf.
Just put the word "mining" into the search and select "Scanned books only" - ok it's a bit biased toward the US, but there's a copy of C.Le Neve Foster's text book on "ore and stone mining" and various others of interest, complete with illustrations etc.
http://openlibrary.org/

Enjoy!

Grahami

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.

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viewer
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17 years ago

Graham

As you say, quite US based but some good stuff on there none the less.

I have located a 1912 translation of Georgius Agricola's De Re Metallica of 1556 on the site.

A rare book I believe.

Definitley worth spending a little time "playing" in the search facility.

:thumbsup:

'Learning the ropes'

carnkie
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17 years ago

Found one that looks quite interesting.
The Kent Coalfield
It Evolution and Development by A.E. Ritchie. (1919)

Have downloaded it to browse at leisure.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

BertyBasset
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17 years ago

'Minerals' as the search term brings quite a few worth a look.

Robin

grahami
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17 years ago

Ooohh there's some lovely engineering stuff... steam shovels, steam engines (stationary variety), electric rock drills, hydraulic machines (no Penrhyn type water abalnces yet though) - the cyclopedias are absolute goldmines....

Grahami

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.