British Mine workers (non-coal)

Pictured right Wealden Iron Ore Pits

For British Coal Miners please go to:
http://www.geni.com/projects/British-Coal-Mine-Workers/26545

Mining has occurred in Great Britain since approximately 2700 BC. A diverse range of minerals has been extracted by underground mining, ranging from industrial minerals such as limestone through to precious metals like gold. Plans, sections and shaft information exist, recording many of these workings. However, with the exception of coal mining, there has been no co-ordinated effort to catalogue and create a national database of these records. A variety of collections, catalogues and indexes exist in disparate public and private hands but individually, these cover only parts of the total holding (thought to be in excess of 40 000 documents).

This project is to record those people who were involved in extraction of minerals apart from Coal.