Mines and Miners of Wensleydale
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- Author(s) Spensley, I M
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 330pp; illus
- Publisher UK Book Publishing
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with lead extraction and lead smelting; zinc and barium extraction; coal extraction for limeburning and domestic use; sandstone quarrying for building stone and flags; also some limestone quarrying. Structured in two parts. The first part includes general and background essays, viz: 'Social history'; 'Geology'; 'The working method'; 'General history of the lead mines'; 'History of coal mining'; 'General history of flag quarries'; 'Opencast limestone quarries'. The second part comprises profiles, drawing largely on documentary sources, of individual mines and quarries, viz: 'The lead mines' [pp153-248]; 'The collieries' [pp249-82]; 'The stone and flag quarries' [pp283-305]. Appendices provide 1] grid references to sites; Lead production statistics for certain mines, 1823-86; Stone production statistics for certain quarries from late 19th century