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squirrel
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13 years ago

Can anyone please identify a manganese mine owned by S G Bailey & Co in the 1880s near Plymouth. The company based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, advertised as manganese mine owners and paint maufacturers, and they received their early shipments of manganese ore by boat from Plymouth.

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Lister
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13 years ago

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50559&strquery=manganese

Quote:

About 1815, manganese mines were discovered in the neighbourhood of Tavistock, in the parishes of Coryton, Brent Tor, Lifton, Maristow (fn. 52) , and Milton Abbot, from which considerable quantities are procured and shipped at Plymouth; at which port the exportations of this article are increasing, 1336 tons having been shipped off in 1819, 2170 in 1820, and 2212 in 1821: but a considerable portion of this must have been from the neighbouring part of Cornwall. In the note below will be seen the produce of each of the Devonshire mines in the year 1821. (fn. 52) Manganese has been found in the north of the county, in the parishes of Braunton and Marwood, but not in sufficient quantity to encourage speculation.

....Lister:~)

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Alasdair Neill
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13 years ago

S.G. Bailey & Co had a manganese mill at Great Western Docks, Plymouth, the machinery & plant were offered for sale Western Daily Mercury 15.9.1888.

There were several press reports in January 1888 of the bankruptcy proceedings of Joseph Bailey of Campelhay, Tavistock. He had a son Stanley Bailey - was that S.G. Bailey? The accounts mention various members of the family owning mines (not all manganese) including Langstone, New Phoenix, Wilhelmina, Weare Quarry (Saltash), and manganese mills at Millbay Docks (presumably the above).

squirrel
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13 years ago

Many thanks to Alasdair Neill. S G Bailey of Stroud was named Stanley and his father was Joseph - so we are talking about the same family. I do not have access to the Western Daily Mercury, but I did find reports of Joseph's bankruptcy in the Royal Cornwall Gazette online - fascinating. Thanks also to Lister for some interesting background information.

Alasdair Neill
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13 years ago

The bankruptcy reports I saw were from Western Morning News January 1888, refs on Mining History Network newspaper index.

squirrel
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13 years ago

A remarkable resource - congratulations.