Magpie Mine - an ancient lead mine and agents cottage, now used as the PDMHS field centre.

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Index to "Mining History" - Volume 4

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Volume 4 Number 1 - March 1969

  • The Quest for a Lost Lead Mine in Leicestershire -- R.J. King and B.A. Ludlam
  • A Manhole Cover for Snake Mine -- N. Gregory
  • Lead-Glazed Roman Pottery Found near Derby -- M. Brassington
  • The Lead Miner of Longstone Church -- R. Thornhill
  • Index to the Mining Records in the Bagshaw Collection in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Part 3 -- J. Lawson
  • Early Mining Techniques in the Peak District -- J. Robey
  • Charles Henry Millington, 1878 to 1968: An Appreciation -- J. Rieuwerts
  • Mine Fatalities in the Derbyshire Metalliferous Mining Area, 1874-1939 inclusive -- Ivor J. Brown
  • A Survey of Mandale Mine, Lathkilldale -- R. Tune
  • Notes on the Derbyshire Map Surveyed and Produced by Peter Perez Burdett, 1762-1767 -- R.H. Bird
  • Discovery of an Unusual Lime Kiln at Hassop -- N. Gregory
  • The Derbyshire Barmote Courts -- Clarence Daniel
  • Cupola Lead Smelting Sites in Derbyshire, 1737 to 1900 -- Lynn Willies

Volume 4 Number 2 - December 1969

  • The Soughs of Derbyshire Lead Mines - Supplementary List -- J.H. Rieuwerts
  • Lead Mining in the Wirksworth District During the late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries -- F.S. Ottery
  • The Ecton Copper Mines in the Seventeenth Century -- J.A. Robey
  • Ecton Hill - A Study of the Surface Features -- Lindsey Porter
  • Settlingstones - the World's Last Witherite Mine -- F. Brook
  • A Miner's Porringer Found on Longstone Edge -- Clarence Daniel
  • A Note on the Price of Lead, 1730 to 1900 -- Lynn Willies

Volume 4 Number 3 - May 1970

  • Ecton Hill - Part 2 - Underground -- Lindsay Porter
  • Two Lead Smelting Mills in North Staffordshire -- J.A. Robey
  • P.D.M.H.S. Report of a Field Meeting held on Sunday 21st. Septer 1969, at Cromford Meadows, Derbyshire -- Nevil Gregory
  • A Report on the Crich Mining Display -- Nevil Gregory
  • Notes on the Sand Workings in the Doncaster Area -- Ivor J. Brown
  • Supplementary Notes on the Working of Raddle at Micklebring, Rotherham -- Ivor J. Brown
  • Some Archival Sources of Information on Mines -- Harry Pearman

Volume 4 Number 4 - December 1970

  • The Copper and Lead Mines of the Mixon Area, Staffordshire -- J.A. Robey and L. Porter
  • 'Hand Built' for the Job - An Example of Early Metallurgical Craftsmanship -- S. Murphy
  • A Survey of Ball Eye Mines, Bonsall -- L. Hurt
  • Notes on the Western Elton Mining Field -- R.H. Bird
  • The Mineral Fields of Derbyshire and Cornwall - A Brief Comparison -- Richard H. Bird
  • Magpie Mine and the Garlick Family, 1881 to 1930 -- Ivor J. Brown
  • Regional Geochemical Reconnaissance of the Derbyshire Area (Review) -- Lynn Willies

Volume 4 Number 5 - June 1971

  • The Preservation of Mining Remains in the Peak District: Report of Meeting -- P.E. Lunn
  • Copper Smelting in Derbyshire -- J.A. Robey
  • Two Mine Wagons from Alston Moor -- Peter Jackson
  • Richard Niness, Mineral Agent of Warslow in Staffordshire -- Lindsey Porter
  • Bamforth Hole, Stony Middleton -- M.E. Smith
  • A letter about Mill Close Mine in 1918 -- John Millwood
  • Some Adits in the Via Gellia -- A. Smith and T.D. Ford
  • The Introduction of the Cupola to Derbyshire -- Lynn Willies
  • Biographical Notes: Richard Watson, 1737 to 1816 -- Lynn Willies
  • Extracts from the Chesterfield Gazette in 1828 -- S.L. Garlic

Volume 4 Number 6 - December 1971

  • Some Recent Surface and Underground Observations at Magpie Mine -- N.J.D. Butcher
  • The Recovery of a Steam Engine from Putwell Hill Mine, Monsal Dale -- Steve Thompson
  • The Metalliferous Mines of the Weaver Hills, Staffordshire -- J.A. Robey and L. Porter
  • The Adit Workings on the North Side of the Via Gellia -- R.B. Flindall and A.J. Hayes
  • Some Notes on Underground Photography -- Axel Chatburn

 

Thanks are due to Dave Williams for compiling the list!

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