Publications
Digging for Brass
Digging for Brass: The impact of the Extractive Industries on the Yorkshire Landscape.
Edited by George Sheeran. ISBN: 978-1-906604-12-7
PLACE 2009. 80pp. 22 colour plates, 2 black/white illustrations.
Price £2.50 (+P & P).
Contents:
An overview of Yorkshire's geology. David Cotton.
Under the Barren Hill: mining for stone in Idle. Eileen White.
Limestone and the lime industry in the Yorkshire Dales. Robert White.
Lead mining landscapes: Mike Gill.
The alum industry in NE Yorkshire. David Pybus.
The disappearing landscapes of the coal industry. Rosemary Preece.
A rural colliery and its squire: Colsterdale, North Yorkshire. George Sheeran.
