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Mine Exploration Contributors
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Mine exploration, photographs and mining history for mine explorers, industrial archaeologists, researchers and historians. Mine explorer and mining history videos on YouTube. Connect with other mine explorers on Facebook. Tip: do not include 'mine' or 'quarry', search by name e.g. 'cwmorthin', use 'Sounds like search' if unsure of spelling. Tip: narrow down your search by typing more than one word and selecting 'Search for all words' or 'Exact search'. Search for any word. Search for all words. This pag...
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Useful Links
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Hood Family and Coal Mining. Links to Useful Sites. There are plenty of other sites giving extensive lists of family history links, so I have only list a few of the main archive resources and a few that don't appear so often. Excellent site for all sorts of information transcribed from original documents and information on all aspects of life in mining communities. Coalmining History Resource Centre. History of UK coalmining - including a searchable database of over 164,000 recorded accidents and deaths.
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About | Moorebooks
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Mining, Caving(Speleo), Industrial Archaeology, New and Secondhand books. Headframe of Potash Mine, France. Mike Moore inset. Moore Books was set up by Mike Moore in 1995 as a natural extension of his hobby of many years.Mike has been a member of the Shropshire Caving and Mining Club. For over 30 years and is also a Director of the Shropshire Mines’ Trust. Mike first started caving in his mid-teens and has not stopped since, although he is a little less ambitious these days. Please browse the book shelves.
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Post free offer | Moorebooks
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Mining, Caving(Speleo), Industrial Archaeology, New and Secondhand books. If your order is over 50 from 12th – 28th February I will send out post free. The offer is valid as long as when ordering you mention this offer shown on my blog. Collections recently bought in. New books →. Collections recently bought in. A Photographic History of Mining in South Wales. Classic Darksite Diving , Martyn Farr – new book. Is run by Mike Moore. Visitors by appointment only. Email: mike@moorebooks.co.uk.
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moorebooks | Moorebooks
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Mining, Caving(Speleo), Industrial Archaeology, New and Secondhand books. All posts by moorebooks. A Photographic History of Mining in South Wales. The South Wales Valleys once boasted the richest coalfields and the best anthracite coal in the world. Before the dawn of the twenty-first century all but one of the hundreds of coal pits were closed, destroying jobs and whole communities. Only Tower Colliery at Hirwaun continued to produce coal, thanks to the bid by the miners to keep working. Publishers des...
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Mining, Caving(Speleo), Industrial Archaeology, New and Secondhand books. New Book – Celestine, One of the Old Mineral Industries of Yate nr Bristol. Celestine, One of the Old Mineral Industries of Yate. Harry Lane and David Hardwick, A4, 26pp – 5.00 P&P. This book documents the history of Celestine Mining in South. Gloucestershire. Although this industry was only small scale. A maximum of about 25 workers), at one time it was providing. Over 95% of the world’s Celestine (Strontium Sulphate). Now include...
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Mining Gala at Apedale Heritage Centre | Moorebooks
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Mining, Caving(Speleo), Industrial Archaeology, New and Secondhand books. Mining Gala at Apedale Heritage Centre. Mining Gala at Apedale Heritage Centre. Staff at the Apedale Heritage Centre are arranging a Mining Gala on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th June 2013. To date representatives from the Mines Rescue service, Winsford Salt Mine, North Wales Miners Association Trust, CISWO, the Friends of Chatterley Whitfield and others have agreed to attend. Or email to info@apedale.co.uk. Is run by Mike Moore.
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Collections recently bought in | Moorebooks
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Mining, Caving(Speleo), Industrial Archaeology, New and Secondhand books. Collections recently bought in. I have purchased collections of used books from the estate of Jeremy Wilkinson and Mary Hyde with interesting additions on mine lighting and a lot of other general books. A Photographic History of Mining in South Wales. Post free offer →. Collections recently bought in. A Photographic History of Mining in South Wales. Classic Darksite Diving , Martyn Farr – new book. Is run by Mike Moore.
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A Photographic History of Mining in South Wales | Moorebooks
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Mining, Caving(Speleo), Industrial Archaeology, New and Secondhand books. A Photographic History of Mining in South Wales. The South Wales Valleys once boasted the richest coalfields and the best anthracite coal in the world. Before the dawn of the twenty-first century all but one of the hundreds of coal pits were closed, destroying jobs and whole communities. Only Tower Colliery at Hirwaun continued to produce coal, thanks to the bid by the miners to keep working. Collections recently bought in →.
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Earth Colours – Mendip and Bristol Ochre Mining | Moorebooks
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Mining, Caving(Speleo), Industrial Archaeology, New and Secondhand books. Earth Colours – Mendip and Bristol Ochre Mining. This book came out last year and I have only just been able to secure copies for sale anyone who attended the Gloucester Hosted NAMHO will recall Alan Gray's excellent talk on this previously little known industry in the Mendip and Bristol Area. Earth Colours Mendip and Bristol Ochre Mining. Marie Clarke, Neville Gregory and Alan Gray, HB, 292pp, in full colour 20 P&P. Tony Jarratt h...
