Papers from volumes 19 and 20 have now been uploaded and can be searched by title.

The added papers are:

• The Geological Setting of the Old Lead Mines of Ashover and Crich, Derbyshire
• A Gazetteer and History of the Lead Mines within the Liberty of Tideswell, Derbyshire: 1189-1945
• Letter to the Editor – Manganese Mining at Nuneaton
• The Mines of Middleton Flats
• Derbyshire Roman Lead Pigs and ‘Lutudarum’
• Coal Mining near Buxton: Thatch Marsh, Orchard Common and Goyt’s Moss
• Managing the Environmental Legacies of Frongoch Lead and Zinc Mine
• The Monks Who Mined?
• New investigations and new ideas on Prehistoric-Roman metal mining and smelting in Wales
• Silver in Queensland: The Problem of Ore Processing
• Lead Mining Landscapes of Southern Spain
• Medieval mining in Saxony – Selected Results from Excavations of High Medieval Silver Mines in Dippoldiswalde and Niederpöbel
• EXCAVATIONS AT PITCHCROFT LIMESTONE MINE, CHURCH ASTON
• Penmaenmawr Quarries
• Lead and Zinc mining in Flintshire – the engineering legacy for new development
• The Neston Coalfield
• Management of the Mining Heritage on Mynydd Parys
• Coal Mining on the Peak District’s Eastern Uplands during the 16th to Early-20th Centuries
• A 13th Century Mining Dispute in the Central Orefields
• A History and Gazetteer of the Lead Mines within the Private Liberty or Lordship of Hazlebadge, Derbyshire: 1292-1947
• The 1788 Boulton and Watt Engine House at Ecton: Archaeological Excavations 2012-14
• Quarrying Chert at Bakewell: A Detailed Archaeological Survey of Pretoria Mine and Observations on Holme Bank, Holme Hall and Endcliffe Mines
• Index to Mining History – Vol. 19 Nos. 1-6
• Mining a Globalized World – Local Impacts and International Linkages of the British Exploitation of the Cerro Muriano Mine (Spain, 1897-1919)
• The Ecton Mines 1880s Dressing Shed Archaeological Evaluation Excavations – November-December 2015
• Clear The Way or Black Hillock Mine, Tideswell Moor, Derbyshire: c. 1711 – 1940s
• Ancient Mining Features in the Wigpool Iron Ore Mine, Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire
• Watergrove Mine, Foolow, Derbyshire: Excavating a 1794-95 Newcomen Engine House and a History of the Mine
• The Daisy Knowl Underground Stone Quarry, Longnor, Staffordshire
• Quarrying Black Marble at Ashford: A Detailed Archaeological Survey of Rookery and Arrock Mines, with an Outline History of Extraction
• Mandale Mine, Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, Derbyshire: Survey and Interpretation
• A History and Gazetteer of the Lead Mines upon Eyam Edge, Derbyshire: 1711-1940
• Coal Mining Near Buxton: Dane, Blackclough and Knotbury Collieries
• A Smelting Miscellany No. 4 Sargill Lead Smelting Mill and the Development of the Ore Hearth
• The Coal Mines of Bugsworth, Beard and Ollersett Moors
• The Re-opening of Longcliffe Mine, Castleton
• Longcliffe Mine, Castleton Liberty The Recorded History
• Maps and Sections of a Silver-Lead Mine at Combe Martin, Devon
• Excavations at Watts Shaft, Old Mill Close Mine, 1973-1981
• A History and Gazetteer of the Lead Mines around the Village Of Eyam. 1587 – 1988
• The Restoration of the Deep Ecton Level Entrance in October to November 2018

Members can also access volume 21 from the Members’ Site.

 

PDMHS hosts free guided tours at Magpie Mine during the annual UK Heritage Open Days. No need to book, just turn up. The event is usually very well attended and parking space is limited, however the site is on several footpaths so why not park nearby and enjoy a short stroll through the fields. It’s easy to find: two tall chimneys!

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Heritage Open Day website posting for the Magpie Mine event
It’s a busy day and PDMHS members are welcome to come along to help, not just on the day but before and after for set-up and tidy-up.

The Stoke on Trent Museum Archaeological Society is holding a free day of lectures at the Potteries Museum in Hanley on Saturday 18/3/23. All are welcome and more details can be found on the society web site and on the booking page at Staffordshire Archaeology Day Tickets, Sat 18 Mar 2023 at 10:00 | Eventbrite

There is an upcoming event which may be of interest as some PDMHS members are also cavers.

2-3 September 2022: “Spirit Of Adventure” at Sheffield Cathedral. 

The caving specific features are 

The Ario Dream: The Quest for Europe’s Deepest Cave trailer

THE RESCUE  the enthralling, against-all-odds story of the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand in 2018. British cave divers played the leading role in the rescue. Trailer

The Honour Of Being Human audio story and caving exhibit

We are exploring the opportunity to relocate the museum to National Stone Centre near Wirksworth.  This will be a new-build project to create a world class visitor experience and an internationally significant centre of excellence for the quarrying and mineral products industry on the existing site. The NSC merged with IQ, the Institute of Quarrying, in 2021.   

The Museum is very highly rated on TripAdvisor as a visitor attraction and the new build will include space designed to accommodate the Mining Museum collection.

The NSC site is a 40-acre SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest).  Visitor features include a half mile self guided outdoor Geo-Trail through the disused limestone quarries whose rocks once formed part of a tropical island with shallow lagoons, barrier reefs and white sand beaches! These rocks are packed with fossils including corals, brachiopods and crinoids.

Follow the ongoing progress on the Museum web site Developments pages