Objectives include exploration and preservation of the mines in the Tamar Valley. Includes projects and photo gallery.
History of coal mining. Features a database of mining deaths, accounts of mining disasters, historical texts, and the 1842 Royal Commission Reports on children in the mines.
History research service providing books, photographs, illustrations, films, mining and geological maps and plans. Family history resource.
Brief history of copper, tin, china clay, and slate mining in the county.
Offer a range of services to members and operate a field centre at Magpie Mine, Sheldon. Includes projects, publications and a list of British mines in 1896.
Brief account with photographs on tin mining in the county.
Information on the bid supported by extensive resources covering history, technology, communities, sites, geology and wildlife.
Information about the mines, their history and their current state. Located in Alderley, Cheshire.
Describes the formation of coal during the Carboniferous Period. Explains early to modern day methods of extracting this fossil fuel. Page includes both animated and still photos.
Gateway for sources on mining history and mineral heritage. Includes collection level descriptions of archives and museums, educational background articles and related links.
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