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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… then in course of erection, and on the opening of his mines of iron and coal, and Mr. Powell's large colliery, to … are extensive slate-quarries in the neighbourhood, and mines of lead and copper, but the latter are only worked in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the coal, from the immediate vicinity of long-established mines, from which an abundant supply is obtained at a … engaged in agricultural pursuits, and in the quarries and mines; and about thirty persons are employed in a salmon …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was disused by 1883. 61 There were coal and ironstone mines east and south of the parish boundary, on the higher …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… vessels arrive weekly, for freights of coal, from the mines: between the harbour and Burntisland, is an oyster-bed … Glasgow and Carlisle; and near it are vestiges of gold-mines, said to have been explored in the reign of James VI., … appears to have been indebted for its rise to the numerous mines of coal and ironstone with which the parish and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… who succeeded Sir Hugh Myddleton in the possession of the mines royal of Cardiganshire, having obtained permission from … for the convenience of paying the men employed in the mines; and specimens of all the coins then struck in it, … and oar and block manufacturers. The Cardiganshire lead-mines, about seventy in number, are chiefly in this part of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… sandy, but towards the east rich and fertile. There are mines of coal and iron-ore, and stone is quarried; facilities … and 1327 pasture; the soil is chiefly clay. Several coal-mines are in operation; and the Duke of Bridgewater's canal …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… book in 1548 3 s. 4 d. Carriage of 3 tons of lead from the mines to Wells 6 s. 0 d. drivers' food 1 s. 0 d. A bar and …