Newsletter No. 38

 

 

 

 

 

Editor

Bob Bruce, Steve Holley & Chris Kelland

January 2010

 

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Table of Contents

Committee Information              

Committee Reports

     Chairman’s Report

     AGM – 20th March 2010

Group Research                                  

     Pre History of Upper Merrivale Tin Mill

     Tinners' Buildings Recording Project

     Burrator - Rough Tor Mines Project 

     Brimpts Tin Mines

     Brimpts Mine Recollections

     NAMHO – Latest

Personal/Individual Research             

A Brief Insight into raising Capital for Mining Arsenic at Bottle Hill, Wheal Sydney and Wheal Mary Hutchings, c 1896.

Brief description of Arsenic

Information prior to the formation of the British Arsenic Mines

Dartmoor’s Tin Mills

Mining Machinery Modelling

Dartmoor Mining Accidents

Historic Mining Image No.1

Historic Image Description 

Hexworthy Mine

News

     Brownie Cross Blowing House 

     Comments on use of Wind Power 

     Hemerdon Ball Tungsten Mine 

     PWDRO – Mining Records at Risk

     Hemerdon Mine 1951

Letters to the Editor

     Technology of Medieval Stamps

     An ancestor at Keaglesborough Mine 

Reports on Past Events

     Exploration in the Brimpts & BBQ

 

     DTRG to the Rescue

     Fourth Peter Hirst Memorial Walk

     Mines of the Lemon Valley & report of Autumn Walk & Social

     Tin Recognition Day in the Field

Other Group Events

     Kit Hill Work Dates 

     Chagford Tinners’ Fair

Future Events

     Brimpts Mines Trail – Maintenance

     West Beam Mine – Site Clearance

     DTRG AGM 

     Rosevale Mine

     Brent Moor Tinworkings

     Huntingdon Warren

     Field Trip Brimpts

     Plym Country Tin Mills

     All Day Walk – Birch Tor & Vitifer Leats

     Anniversaries 1510 & 1710 Crockerntor

     Publications for Sale

Membership Matters

     Subscriptions, New Members etc

     Book Review

Diary of Events 2010