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Similar to a previous update, we now have a comprehensive coverage of mines in the Lancashire Coalfield, but again there are more to do. We are still looking for some photographs that we could use to further illustrate the pages? Do you have any? If you do please contact us.

A number of pages on the Yorkshire Coalfield have been written with Doncaster area well covered, but much more to do. Do you have a favourite colliery that you would like to write about or do you have some photographs that we could use to further illustrate the pages? If…

We have made a number of out of print Memoirs articles available to all online, free of charge. The authors, or their heirs, have kindly allowed us to do this - if you have an article(s) that was published by NMRS and you would be prepared for us to make…

We have made the following monographs available to download from the website, more will be added later. Those originally issued in A4 and older formats have been repaginated to A5 size. There is a charge of £5.00 for each of these: ISS1 Springs Wood Level, Starbotton DT Richardson 1966 ISS2…

We are proud to make these valuable tools freely available to anyone interested in UK extractive industries: Non Ferrous Mines Iron Mines Quarries Salt & Anhydrite Mines On shore Oil & Gas Please report any errors or omissions to us so that we can update the databases and maps.

We have just made available the NMRS database of some 23,000 Collieries in the British Isles as an overlay on Google Maps & Earth. Clicking on a marker pin will reveal more information about that colliery including, its name (the name is already displayed on the Google Earth version), when it…

A potential lead bale site at SE 05939 99141 was found in 2012 and was excavated as a joint project in the summer of 2013 by the Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group (SWAAG) and the Northern Mine Research Society (NMRS) under the supervision of professional archaeologist, Tony Liddell of Vindomora…