Sources used in the creation of the database
Abbreviations
MJ Mining Journal
MW Mining World
Brooks, T., 2011. A History of Iron Mining in Cornwall. Cornish Hillside Publications, St. Austell. to p.75.
Claughton, P.F., 1997. A List of Mines in North Devon and West Somerset. Anne Oldham.
Coal Mines. Reports of Inspectors of Coal Mines, to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State to December 1855. Parliamentary Papers 1856 to p.36.
Colliery Guardian Guide to the Coalfields 1950 maps.
Dines, H.G., 1956. The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, England and Wales. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. HMSO. 2 vols., 795 pp.
Beer, K.E., 1988 Addenda and Corrigenda to The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 1988. Economic Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. British Geological Survey.
Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster. Accounts of the Gross and Net Revenues for the years ending Michaelmas 1838-1841. Parliamentary Papers 1839-1842.
Duchy of Cornwall. Accounts of income and expenditure, for the years 1850-1854. Parliamentary Papers 1851-1855.
Foster-Smith, J.R., 1967. The Non-Ferrous Mines of South-West Scotland. Northern Cavern & Mine Research Society, Individual Survey Series Publication No.2.
A.K. Hamilton Jenkin Mines & Miners of Cornwall
Hamilton Jenkin, A.K., 1974. Mines of Devon Volume I The Southern Area. David & Charles, Newton Abbot.
Hamilton Jenkin, A.K., 1981. Mines of Devon North and East of Dartmoor. Devon Library Services, Exeter.
Joint stock companies. Returns of the names, objects, &c., of all joint stock companies formed since June 1871 to 31 May 1872 Parliamentary Papers 1872 (p.40-43 missing)
Twenty-third General Annual Report by the Board of Trade under the Companies (Winding-up) Act, 1890 (Companies: Companies (Winding up)) Parliamentary Papers 1914 to p.27.
KINNAIRD REPORT to appendix B to p.45. 963.
Report from the Committee appointed to Enquire into the state of the Copper Mines and Copper Trade of this Kingdom. Parliamentary Papers 1799. p.682-683,709-718.
List of mines – METAL MINES 1859-1861, 1863-1869.
Meyerstein, E.W., 1907. A Key to Cornish Mining. The Mining Journal. p.64-154.
Noall, C., 1973. The St. Just Mining District. D. Bradford Barton, Monographs on Metalliferous Mining History Volume Five.
Mines (underground workings). Return of the length in miles and yards of underground workings and passages in some of the principal collieries and metalliferous mines in England and Wales. House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 1881 (446).
NCMRS Memoirs Vol.2 Nos. 1, 2. Memoirs 1968.
NCMRS Occasional Publication 5.
NMRS British Mining 5, 11, 35-67, 83-89, 91, 93-100.
Spargo, T., 1870. The Mines of Wales their present position and prospects. London. Reprinted: S. Hughes Talybont 1975.
Trevithick Society Journal 1-2, 4.
Webb and Geach, 1863. The History and Progress of Mining in the Caradon and Liskeard District. London. p.7-114.
WMS: WMM 1 & 2. N69. N70 to p.19.
Mining Journal systematic index, covering mines, quarries, smelting & iron works, Worldwide, done:
1835 to December 1843.
1844 to p.64
1845-1847 whole years
1848 to p.217
1849 to p.100
1850 to p.289
1851 to p.100
1852 to p.87
1853 to p.75
1854 to p.7
1867 to p.18
1868 to p.286
1869 to p.128
1870 to p.172
1871 to p.604
1872 to p.192
1873 to p.166
1874 to p.618
1875 to p.221
1876 to p.407
1877 to p.241
1878 to p.289
1879 to p.142
1880 to p.290 1880 p.opp.p.135, 143-144 missing
1881 to p.207
1882 to p.184
1883 to p.232
1884 to p.513
1885 to p.208
1886 to p.185
1887 to p.87
1888 to p.69, 136-151
Various random refs for other periods, including parts done systematically.
Mining & Smelting Magazine vol I to p.87.
Mining & Smelting Magazine vol II to p.118
Reports of Inspectors of Coal Mines. Parliamentary Papers 1851-1854-1855.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines List of Mines 1873 p.i-52, 70-76, 78-80, 85-86, 109, 127, 157-200, 263, 294, 322-338.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines List of Mines 1874 p.i-58, 83-112, 129-130, 166, 177, 185-217.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines List of Mines 1875 p.193-227.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1876 p.144-184.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1877 p.133-181.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1878 p.183-197. [242]
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1882 p.x-18, 38-51, 56-69, 74, 79, 87, 167, 170-181, 206, 242-244, 303-308, 320-323, 329-330, 336-340, 342-418, 425-439, 479-483, 522-581.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1883 p.iii-14, 26, 29-35, 42, 55-65, 99, 117-118, 120, 125, 160-161, 174, 181-220, 229-232, 295-320, 329.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1884 p.v-38, 42, 82-83, 111, 174-178, 187, 189-237, 242-244, 265-278, 305, 307-320.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1885 p.v-67, 94-95, 118, 176-180, 190-192, 197-253, 328, 331-344, 362, 365.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1886 p.i-41, 65-67, 87, 93, 119-125, 130-131, 135-188, 234-245, 265-266, 277, 292.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1887 p.i-41, 62, 69, 97-100, 109-110, 115-163, 219, 247-248, 260-261, 270, 316-338.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1888 pdf p.1-31, 40, 61, 92-96, 105-166, 213-258, 294, 343-386, 403, 409, 448,505-end.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1889 pdf p.1-52, 62, 76, 94-96, 103-147, 182-246, 344-423, 465, 469, 484, 499, 524-end.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1890 pdf p.1-52, 61-62, 91-92, 101-136, 173-240, 272-275, 277, 324, 326-380, 441, 466, 486, 517-end.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1891 pdf p.1-64, 98-99, 117, 127-221, 238-239, 254-259, 307-348, 383-389, 395-465, 505-507, 530, 627, 642.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1892 pdf p.38-40, 56-58, 78-79, 108-109, 122, 144, 166, 191-248, 302-337, 375-402, 445-470, 523-526.
Reports of the Inspectors of Mines 1893 pdf p.47, 98, 126-127, 154-162, 191-194, 199-202.
Summaries of the Statistical Information given in the Reports of HM Inspectors of Mines for the Year 1890 p.9.
Many other sources included in whole or in part.
