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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The substratum abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss … and comprising 787 acres of a highly productive soil. Some mines are worked here, the rateable annual value of which is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in 1842: the substratum abounds in coal, of which some mines are in operation. The Gloucester and Bristol railway …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… copper-ore is found in various places, but none of the mines are worked with spirit or success. The living is … on almost every farm; and the parish contains some mines of lead-ore, affording employment to part of the … under the crown, possesses a right to the royalties of the mines and quarries on the lands inclosed by act of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and manufacturing towns, and much is also used in the mines and collieries. The extent of the woodlands in the … so much in request for making and mending roads. The coal-mines are most numerous in the tract between Leeds and … base consists wholly of limestone. The principal lead-mines in the West Riding are at Grassington, about ten miles …