Bob Mehew
Well-known member
Whilst looking for something completely different, I came across a reference that the British Geological Survey had just put up on their web site pdf scans of some 8,000 technical reports produced between 1950 to 2000. They pre-date the current report series and, for any given title, only a few copies were produced for deposit in BGS libraries or offices, making them traditionally hard to find and access. The reports, which are available via the online publications viewer, contain a wealth of geological information and this release is part of our ongoing commitment to providing open access to geoscience data, see https://www.bgs.ac.uk/.../8000-technical-reports.../ . Whilst trying to search this data sub set, I found annual lists of working mines dated from 1899 to 1923 and also a set of mine plans, see https://www.bgs.ac.uk/information-hub/scanned-records/mining-plans-2/ . (I don't think they are part of the 8000 and may have been available for who knows how long.) Not being aware of this resource and no doubt other mine related material, I thought I would flag it up here. Apologies if it is well know to you who specialise on mines.
