Lead extraction industry, Minera
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Minera, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
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Extraction
Lead extraction
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Extraction
Zinc extraction
Notes:
Traced origins to ancient times. Lead and zinc mines. Developed by John Wilkinson from late 18th century and prospered especially in mid 19th century. Then developed by John Taylor & Sons as Minera Mining Co. Closed 1914
Publications:
- Industrial Minera. The lead mines and quarries of Minera by Bennett, John (ed)
- 'Minera lead mines' in G Davies, Minera by Davies, Glyn
- Minera. Township of the mines by Pratt, D
- Mines of Minera. A study of a lead mining community, c1845-1914 by Smith, Barbara G
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Minera, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
- Extraction Lead extraction
- Extraction Zinc extraction
Notes:
Traced origins to ancient times. Lead and zinc mines. Developed by John Wilkinson from late 18th century and prospered especially in mid 19th century. Then developed by John Taylor & Sons as Minera Mining Co. Closed 1914Publications:
- Industrial Minera. The lead mines and quarries of Minera by Bennett, John (ed)
- 'Minera lead mines' in G Davies, Minera by Davies, Glyn
- Minera. Township of the mines by Pratt, D
- Mines of Minera. A study of a lead mining community, c1845-1914 by Smith, Barbara G