Ref NoLDGSL/421
Title'A section of Bradley Mine, near Bilston, shewing the various strata...’
Date[c.1806]
LevelFile
Extent1 sheet
FormatMap/section
DescriptionColoured aquatint, 'A section of Bradley Mine, near Bilston, shewing the various Strata and the several operations of the Miners in getting the Ten Yard coal in the Staffordshire Collieries’, engraved by Francis Eginton from a painting by D Morris, published by Thomas WESTWOOD, [c.1806].
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Administrative HistoryThe item may be connected to the attempt of the Committee of Nomenclature (1808-c.1811) to collate regional terminology for rock types in order to compile a dictionary of provincial terms. The project was never completed.
ProvenancePresented to the Society by George Bellas Greenough, 2 November 1810, given at the same time as LDGSL/420.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialSee also LDGSL/420.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
TermCoal mining
Coal mines
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/2079Committee of Nomenclature; 1808-[1811]1808-[1811]
Places
CodePlaceName
NA119West Midlands
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