Mines and mining in the Lake District: to which is added a synopsis of State Papers relating to the mines in Newlands, and smelting works in Keswick; copied from the Calendar of State Papers published by Robert Lemon Esq., F.S.A.
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| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | W. H. Moss & Sons Ltd |
| Year of publication | 1913 |
| Languages | English (main text) |
| Medium | Book |
| Edition | 3 |
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| Scope & content | Pull-out handrawn maps of the geology of the Lake District ant the location of mines and quarries. Detailed description of the mineral veins found at each mine. The preface to the first edition indicates that the original book was an abridged form of a paper read before the Keswick, Literary and Scientific Society on 19th January 1874. First published in 1877, a second enlarged edition published in 1889. |
Copies held
Accession no. 228917
- Shelf location: N 102.22 - POS
- Donor: Ken Major Collection
- Notes: Includes notes from the bookseller. Signature on inside front cover indicating that this was the personal copy of Horace Bolingbroke Woodward. He was born in 1848, worked for the Geological Survey, was awarded the Murchison and Wollaston medals and was a Fellow of the Royal Society.