A History of Durham Mining
Describes the formation of coal during the Carboniferous Period. Explains early to modern day methods of extracting this fossil fuel. Page includes both animated and still photos. |
Alderley Edge Mines
Information about the mines, their history and their current state. Located in Alderley, Cheshire. |
British Mining Database
Portal includes links to general information, local sites, societies, working mines, and museums. |
Carn Brea Mining Society
Activities include building restoration, old mine site clearance and preservation of old milling equipment. Includes membership details, field visits, and event schedule. |
Coal Mining History Resource Centre
History of coal mining. Features a database of mining deaths, accounts of mining disasters, historical texts, and the 1842 Royal Commission Reports on children in the mines. |
Coalmining
History research service providing books, photographs, illustrations, films, mining and geological maps and plans. Family history resource. |
Cornish Mines and Mining History
Brief history of copper, tin, china clay, and slate mining in the county. |
Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Bid
Information on the bid supported by extensive resources covering history, technology, communities, sites, geology and wildlife. |
Cornwall Mining Heritage
Brief account with photographs on tin mining in the county. |
Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society - CATMHS
Industrial history group with an interest in exploring, researching and recording mining activities in Cumbria. Includes membership, projects, meetings, and photo gallery. |
Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group - DTRG
Studies and explores the tinworking and tin mining heritage of Dartmoor. Includes events diary, membership, projects and newsletter. |
Fife Mining Heritage Society
Registered charity whose aims are to record the mining history in Fife. Includes forum and online video clips. |
Friends of Killhope
Registered charity and voluntary group which supports the aims of Durham County Council in the restoration of Killhope lead mines. Includes museum, membership details, and events. |
King Coal - The North East Coal Fields in Transition
Archive film footage from the BBC which records the mines from the depression-torn 1930s to the modern pit of the 1960s and 70s. Includes miner's recollections of life underground. |
Laxey Mines Research Group
History of the lead mines on the Isle of Man. Includes individual mine histories with photographs. |
Mining History Research and Exploration
Mike Munro offers a small taste of mining research and exploration primarily focused on metal mining in South Wales. |
National Association of Mining History Organisations - NAMHO
Act as the national body for mining history in the UK and Ireland. Includes news, meetings, membership and guidelines. |
National Mining Memorabilia Association
Interests are biased towards coal mining history and related memorabilia. Includes lamps and badges, member's articles, publications, meetings and news. |
Northern Mine Research Society
Offer a range of services to members. Includes publications, meetings, society records and online resources. |
Peak District Mines Historical Society
Offer a range of services to members and operate a field centre at Magpie Mine, Sheldon. Includes projects, publications and a list of British mines in 1896. |
Roseval Mine
Privately owned former tin mine situated at Zennor, near St Ives in West Cornwall. Features history, layout of underground workings, restoration details, and photographs. |
Shropshire Mines Trust
A charitable trust set up to preserve and interpret the remains of the Shropshire mining industry, including Tankerville Lead Mine, Snailbeach Lead Mine and Bersham Colliery. Brief information about each mine, and artefacts owned by the Trust. |
Small Mining
Details a history of this activity within the UK. Includes a photo gallery. |
Tamar Mining Group
Objectives include exploration and preservation of the mines in the Tamar Valley. Includes projects and photo gallery. |
The Rise and Fall of the Tin Mining Industry in Cornwall
Archive film footage from the BBC which records the decline and fall of the tin industry. Includes one man's recollections of life underground. |
The Russell Society
Principal are the study, understanding, recording and conservation of minerals and mineralogical sites. Includes membership information, meetings programme, mineral gallery, and news. |
United Kingdom Mining History
Gateway for sources on mining history and mineral heritage. Includes collection level descriptions of archives and museums, educational background articles and related links. |
Views of the South Cardon Mine
Project aimed at providing an insight to the operation and history of a large disused Cornish copper mine. Includes walks, maps and views, and statistics. |
Wealden Cave & Mine Society
Interest in the mine and underground quarry workings of the South East, in particular the firestone quarries of East Surrey. Activities include study of their history, geology, archaeology, and natural history. |
Welsh Mines Society
Objectives include the research and preservation of Welsh mining history. Includes news and events. |
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