 | | Journal (issue) | | Richard Bevins' s modem classic, "A Mineralogy of Wales" . (see Journal 131 p. 12). Until recently the mining...very early 1800's Merthyr was the largest town in Wales and its ironworks were the most important in the...anglesite of exceptional size and quality for the UK. More recently the rare lead sulphite scotlandite...excess of 25mm. across, were found at the Cwmgwili Colliery north-east of Llanelli. The minerals from the...fine sceptred quartz was shown from International Colliery at Blaengarw. Some of the quartz from here contains |  | | Book | | A Mineralogy of Wales RfCHARD E. BEYfNS Ocpartmellf o[Geolngy, Nmin11a/Museum of\Valcs, Cardiff AMGUEDDFA...acicular millerite crystals up to I O mm long. encrusted with galena. from Cymmer Colliery, Ponh, Mid...Mid Glamorgan. National Museum of Wales specimen 48.264.GR 175. ex Cymmer Welfare Library and Institute...CE 6 I CES IN WALES 9 30 127 138 6 INTRODUCTION The mineralogy of Wales is diverse. with over...reveal the presence of additional species new to Wales. and perhaps new to the British Isles. It is also |  | | Journal (issue) | | of mi nes UK & minerals summer 1997 number 2----------EDITORIAL Dtlf.!idGreen COVER: Chalcodte...the collection of the Royal Cornwall Museum. The UK Journal ofM;nts andM;ntra/s publishes articles of...Ryton SL, Work$op, Notes. S80 ZAY Tel (01909) 476906 UK journal of mines & minerals No. 18 Sponsors: SUSSEX...SOCIETY PEAK DISTRICT MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SO�IETY UK Journal of Mines & �linerals No. 18 -1- EDITORIAL...Mineral and Lapidary Society mirror the aims of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals. We are all keen to |  | | Book | | permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later... I helped out at all of the mineral shows in the UK and on the continent, and later with the Bruce &...During this period, I was going back and forth to the UK and worldwide shows and projects, as well as keeping |  | | Report (edition) | | SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Geology of the South Wales Coalfield PART IV THE COUNTRY AROUND...fourth part of the Memoir descriptive of the South Wales Coal Field, is an explanation of the New Series...condition of the Rhaetic Group in this part of South Wales is well exhibited near Pyle, but a full account...reserved for the description of the region round Bridgend, where they are more widely distributed� The structural...our thanks for valuable assistance rendered by Colliery Managers, Mining Engineers and Surveyors .. J |  | | Journal (issue) | | ............................................ 5 Wales and West Branch ..................................Janet & Alex Whitlock; and, rejoining, Brian Brett Wales and West Branch: Caroline Davies; Thomas Levinson;...earth science related clubs and societies in the UK, was last updated in 1993 with the aid of a grant...Somerset, North Yorkshire, and North and South Wales. The bulk of Chalk quarried, both in England and...probably visited most of the sites ofinterest in the UK, and obviously knew his subject very well indeed |  | | Book | | Collecting started in Southern England, Cornwall and Wales, and gradually extended to the Lake District and...other local mineral clubs as well as the national UK mineral societies: the British Micromount Society...addition, members would visit many Mineral Shows in the UK, particularly the Oxford, Bakewell and Haywards Heath...CONTRIBUTIONS Millerite needles growing on galena (10 x 8 mm) Senghenydd Pit, South Wales. Photo: John...roles, but all involving more excursions to various UK and foreign locations. During some project work in |  | | Book | | provided by: Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff); British Geological Survey, Edinburgh... FRSFellowof theRoyalSocietyof London. IMA International Mineralogical Association. MBI Mineralsof BritainandIreland...tellurob:smu'Ji::eC!ogau andVigramines,nr Oolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales t!.e'.don ra:::ayqJarry,nr o~eha'Tlp'.:i. , Dev:i:i...United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Wales, arc here referred to as Britain. The offshore teITitorics...but two). but these. along with many others in Wales, were swept awa) with the introduction of administn1tive |  | | Report (edition) | | MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL ' • SURVEY OF ENGLAND & WALES EXPLANATION OF SHEET 231 The Geology • of the...part of the Memoir on the Geology of the South Wales Coal Field, is illustrated in Sheet 231 of the_...cost price. A Geological Bibliography of South ,,Wales and Monmouthshire will be found in '' The Country...(Part III of the Memoir on the Geology of the South Wales Coal Field t 1902.) J. J. H. TEALL, Director. Geological...agrees well with that found elsewhere in South Wales. The unconformity at the base of the 11:illstone |  | | Journal (volume) | | ALSO Lang's Patent Wire Rope for Transmission and Colliery purposes Send for Catalogue, P. O. and CLOTHES...BROS., and Engineering "Works, Nuneaton, Eng. Colliery Agents wanted in Canada for Manufacture or Sale...this example will be followed by the Caledonia Colliery. There can be no doubt adoption that the general...too weak to cope with the long airways. The International Company's railway now oper- ated as a part...Springhill mines in the early part lives. The colliery. tracting the pillars from the valuable pulley |  | | Journal (volume) | | Acadia Powder Co., 577. Accident at Norton Hill Colliery, 308. Accidents, Ambulance Work in Mine, 245....Advertising, Clean, 130. Afforestation in South Wales, 544. Air Compressors, Portable, The Use of. by...Cinnibar Ores Wanted in 632, 695, 670a. New South Wales, 450. Claims. Mining, Inspection in Ontario, 151...Saskatchewan, 123, 821. Siberia, 91. Spitsbergen, 350. Wales, 513. Yorkshire, 221. the Yukon, 537. in Alberta...Rate in U. S. Mines, 488. Coal Mining in New South Wales, 637. Coal Mining in the United States in 1907, |  | | Journal (volume) | | Quebec 146 Ashworth, John, on " Safety Lamps and Colliery Explosions" 142,267 ' . Assinihoia, Mining in...Mining Co 17 Blakemore, Wm., on " .Safety Lamps and Colliery Explosions," 226 on " The Future of the Coal and...Drills" 171 Ilardie, W. D. L., on " Safety Lamps and Colliery Explosions " 227 Hardman, J. E., on "The National...Sawdust Fuel Scott, O. N., 154 Mountain 66 9 and Colliery Explosions L., on "Compressed Air" 241 43 Ulke... C.B. 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