United Kingdom History Mining Technology

Describes the coal mining industry in the county, from the formation of coal to modern methods of extraction. Includes a history of two pits, and a listing of mining disasters in the Durham Coalfield.

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• Friends of Killhope - Registered charity and voluntary group which supports the mining aims of Durham County Council in the restoration mining of Killhope lead mines. Includes museum, membership details, mining and events.
• Cornish Mines and Mining History - Brief history of copper, tin, china clay, and history slate mining united kingdom in the county.
• Wealden Cave & Mine Society - Interest in the mine and underground quarry workings united kingdom of history the South East, in particular the firestone united kingdom quarries of history East Surrey. Activities include study of united kingdom their history, geology, history archaeology, and natural history.
• Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Bid - Information on the bid supported by extensive resources history covering history, mining technology, communities, sites, geology and wildlife.
• Shropshire Mines Trust - A charitable trust set up to preserve and history interpret the remains of the Shropshire mining industry, history including Tankerville Lead Mine, Snailbeach Lead Mine and history Bersham Colliery. Brief information about each mine, and history artefacts owned by the Trust.
• A Coal Mine Dad? - Short stories about working in a coal mine. history Also contains history pictures, songs, and a glossary of history Geordie and mining words.
• Bedwas Navigation Colliery - An illustrated account of an Edwardian colliery which mining closed in 1985, Trethomas Coke Plant, and the mining South Wales coalfield.
• In Memory of Philip Healey, Ilkeston Mines Rescue - A collection of resources and memoirs related to mining and history mine rescue nationwide, begun as a tribute to Philip Healey.
• National Mining Memorabilia Association - Interests are biased towards coal mining history and united kingdom related memorabilia. Includes lamps and badges, member\\'s articles, united kingdom publications, meetings and news.
• Rosevale Mine - A former tin mine, now owned by the Rosevale Historical history Mining Society, who have undertaken the restoration of the underground history workings; situated at Zennor, near St Ives in West Cornwall. history Features history, layout of underground workings, restoration detai
• Coal Mining History Resource Centre - 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.
• Coal Mining in Scotland 1840-1920 - Educational site including teaching materials.
• Hatfield Colliery - Past, Present and Future - An illustrated history of a South Yorkshire colliery, from 1911 history until it closed in 2004; includes news of possible refurbishment history and reopening.
• United Kingdom Mining History - Gateway for sources on mining history and mineral heritage. Includes history collection level descriptions of archives and museums, educational background articles history and related links.
• The Rise and Fall of the Tin Mining Industry in Cornwall - Archive film footage from the BBC which records the decline history and fall of the tin industry. Includes one man\'s recollections history of life underground.
• Heroes of Mine - Provides a history of mines rescue in the history UK with a wealth of detailed information on history disasters and rescues.
• Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group - DTRG - Studies and explores the tinworking and tin mining history heritage of united kingdom Dartmoor. Includes events diary, membership, projects history and newsletter.
• The Mines of the Bristol and Somerset Coalfield - Information about collieries in northern Somerset, southern Gloucestershire, mining and the coalfield as a whole. Includes mining a history and statistics.
• The Wartime Memories Project: Bevin Boys - An account of the men conscripted to work united kingdom in the mines, rather than in the armed united kingdom services, during the Second World War.
• Welsh Mines Society - Objectives include the research and preservation of Welsh united kingdom mining history history. Includes news and events.
• Welsh Coal Mines - Photographs, history, and poems about the collieries of history Gwent.
• Aberfan Disaster - An account of the disaster of 21 October 1966; also includes an overview of the government and public response, and links to other sources.
• Cornwall Mining Heritage - Brief account with photographs on tin mining in mining the county.
• Mining History Network - Group of mining historians. Provides information on the mining annual International mining Mining History Congress, a discussion forum mining and internet resources.
• Northern Mine Research Society - Encourage the study of mining history in all mining its aspects. Offers a range of services to mining members. Includes publications, meetings, society records and online mining resources.
• Alderley Edge Mines - Information about the mines, their history and their current state. Located in Alderley, Cheshire.
• Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society - CATMHS - Industrial history group with an interest in exploring, researching and recording mining activities in Cumbria. Includes membership, projects, meetings, and photo gallery.
• Views of the South Cardon Mine - Project aimed at providing an insight to the mining operation and history of a large disused Cornish mining copper mine. Includes walks, maps and views, and mining statistics.
• Fife Mining Heritage Society - Registered charity whose aims are to record the united kingdom mining mining history in Fife. Includes forum and online united kingdom video clips.
• Mining History Research and Exploration - Mike Munro offers a small taste of mining research and exploration primarily focused on metal mining in South Wales.
• Coal Mining in North Staffordshire - Online exhibition provides an overview of the coal united kingdom industry in the North Staffordshire coal fields from united kingdom the 13th century until the closure of the united kingdom last pit in 1998; includes articles, photos and united kingdom audio-visual resources. [Keele University]
• The NEEMARC Project - Initiative which intends to preserve and develop records pertaining to the coal mining industry in the local region by the creation of a North East Coal Mining Archive.
• Coalfield Web Materials - Provides an insight into the social, political and cultural life history of the South Wales Coalfield during the 19th and 20th history centuries; includes audio and video interviews, and photographs. [Based history on the holdings of the South Wales Coalfield Collection at history Univ
• Laxey Mines Research Group - History of the lead mines on the Isle united kingdom of united kingdom Man. Includes individual mine histories with photographs.
• The Hoods - a History of a Scottish Coalmining Family - Includes a genealogy of the family from 1715 to the mining 1870\\'s, and information about coalmining in Midlothian, the collieries, methods mining and records.
• South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group - The history of mines and quarries in the mining area, with mining news, events, links and membership information
• Peak District Mines Historical Society (PDMHS) - Exists to preserve industrial heritage sites related to mining mining for history lead, fluorspar, barytes and other minerals mining in the Peak District. history Information about their mining projects, resources, museum, publications and a history list of mining British mines in 1896.
• British Mining Database - Portal includes links to general information, local sites, societies, working mines and museums.
• My Tribute to the Rhondda - An illustrated socio economic history of the coal history industry in the Rhondda valleys from 1800 until history the late 20th century.
• King Coal - The North East Coal Fields in Transition - Archive film footage from the BBC which records history the mines from the depression-torn 1930s to the history modern pit of the 1960s and 70s. Includes history miner's recollections of life underground.
• The Russell Society - A society of amateur and professional mineralogists which mining encourages the united kingdom study, recording and conservation of mineralogical mining sites and material. Includes united kingdom membership information, meetings programme, mining mineral gallery, and news.
• National Association of Mining History Organisations - NAMHO is the national body for mining history mining in the united kingdom UK and Ireland. Includes news, meetings, mining membership and guidelines.
• South Wales Coalfield Collection (SWCC) - Established in 1969 to preserve the documentary records of the united kingdom mining community of South Wales; information about their holdings, with united kingdom background on the industry.
• History of Coal Mining - Information from Wikipedia on the extraction of coal around the united kingdom world since the industrial revolution.
• A History of Durham Mining - Describes the coal mining industry in the county, mining from the formation of coal to modern methods mining of extraction. Includes a history of two pits, mining and a listing of mining disasters in the mining Durham Coalfield.
• Mining History Information Pages - Details of Peter Claughton\\'s research in British mining united kingdom history, mainly focused on the South West and united kingdom Wales; a substantial collection of articles.

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