SUPPORT OF UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS IN HARD ROCK
Written by E. Hoek; P.K. Kaiser; W.F. Bawden.
Stock no. 1830440
Published by Taylor & Francis. 2006. Very good condition.

The safe and economical construction of tunnels, underground mining excavations and underground power caverns depends upon a large number of factors, one of which is the correct choice of support systems to ensure that the excavations remain stable. This book deals with the investigations required to establish support requirements, with the methods which are used to design support systems and with many of the practical details of correct support installation. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and diagrams. XII and 215 pages including index. Digitally printed. ISBN: 9054101873. A few minor marks and scuffs to covers. Corners lightly rubbed. Top of spine knocked. Contents clean.

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DIGGING BATH STONE: A QUARRY AND TRANSPORT HISTORY
Written by David Pollard.
Stock no. 1830249
Published by Lightmoor Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

A comprehensive history of quarrying Bath stone - the companies, the quarries, the personalities, the quarrymen, the methods, the product and its transportation. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos, maps and illustrations. 512 pages. ISBN: 9781911038863. A very nice copy.

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OPIUM AND GOLD
Written by Peter Butler.
Stock no. 1828527
Published by Alister Taylor. 1st 1977. Almost very good condition.

The story of the Chinese goldminers in New Zealand. A story of racism and repression which is highly relevant to contemporary New Zealand. Large format. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0908578024. Covers scuffed, edge-rubbed, creased at corners, remains of small label to top front. Base of contents block starting to come away from cover (glue is drying out). Contents are clean.

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PITMEN PAINTERS: THE ASHINGTON GROUP 1934-1984
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 1828498
Published by The Mid Northumberland Arts Group. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Ashington Group began in the early 1930s as an evening class of Northumberland pitmen keen to learn about art. Within weeks they were producing their own work and within a few years their paintings amounted to a complete record of life in a mining community. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations, some colour illustrations. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 0904790819. A very nice copy.

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COAL MINING IN LUNESDALE
Written by Philip John Hudson.
Stock no. 1828309
Published by Hudson History. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introductory study into the hsitory of coal mining in the valle of the River Lune and its tributaries in North West England. White & blue cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0953364305. SIGNED by the author to front endpaper (no dedication). Two diagonal marks to lower edge of text block. Bookplate to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean.

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ELIZABETHAN KESWICK
Written by W.G. Collingwood.
Stock no. 1828286
Published by Michael Moon. 1st thus 1987. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Extracts from the Original Account Books, 1564-1577, of the German Miners in the Archives of Ausburg. Transcribed and translated by Collingwood. The everyday comings and going of the German miners working in Keswick in the sixteenth century. Facsimile of the 1912 edition in a small print run of 500 un-numbered copies. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904131327. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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MOUNTAINS AND OREFIELDS: METAL MINING LANDSCAPES OF MID AND NORTH-EAST WALES
Written by Nick Jones; Mark Walters; Pat Frost.
Stock no. 1327029
Published by Council For British Archaeology. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

CBA Research Report 142. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos, diagrams and maps. 192 pages. ISBN: 1902771478. Some light creasing to page corner tips else contents clean. Lower corners and spine bumped and worn, damp damage to base of textblock.

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AMERICAN MINING
Written by Paul J. White.
Stock no. 1827473
Published by University Presses Of Florida. Circa 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Fifty years of research on American mining sites that date from colonial times, the author provides an ideal overview of the field for both students and professionals. A multifaceted look at mining, incorporating findings from an array of subfields, including historical archaeology, industrial archaeology, and maritime archaeology. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 9780813054551. This is a physical print on demand copy printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. Rear board is a little grubby at edges, else a fine copy.

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THE VALLEY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2: THE TIME OF OUR LIVES
Written by C.M. Kelly.
Stock no. 1827467
Published by Valley & Vale. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. A People's History of the Garw, Llynfi and Ogmore Valleys. ISBN: 189898607X. Slight lean to spine. Edges lightly rubbed. A few minor marks to title page else contents clean.

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THE PARK SLIP EXPLOSION
Written by Neville Granville.
Stock no. 1326905
Published by Neville Granville. 1992. Nearly fine condition.

The Cefn Gwyrdd Series No. 2. B/w cardwraps. 48 pages. The colliery disaster that claimed the lives of 112 men and boys. Minimal rubbing to cover edges.

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MAJOR MINER
Written by Gour Sen.
Stock no. 1326569
Published by Pentagon Press. 1st 2012. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The incredible journey of a mutinous youth in India to Professor of mining in Australia. Beige boards. 250 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9788182746183. Minimal creasing to wrapper edges and a small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF ALSTON MOOR, WEARDALE AND TEESDALE, IN CUMBERLAND AND DURHAM
Written by Thomas Sopwith.
Stock no. 1826860
Published by W. Davison. 1st 1833. Good condition.

Comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology, and mining operations, in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne, Wear and Tees. Lead mining. Cloth boards with title label to spine. Colour map of the area to frontis. Boards unevenly faded, browned, and grubby, bumped at corners, spine edges fraying, title block obliterated. Front joint split, rear joint just starting to split. Front hinge between title page and frontis is split at top & tail. Pencil writing and erasure to front pastgedown, inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Endpapers are browned and grubby. Text block browned. Initials to title page. Foxing and some grubby marks throughout. Rear hinge split.

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