Wharton Mines in Swaledale in the Seventeenth Century
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- Author(s) Raistrick, Arthur
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1982
- Pages 71pp
- Publisher North Yorkshire County Council
- Place Published Northallerton
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- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Has sections: 'The Lords Wharton'; 'The Whartons of Gillingwood'; 'The Swale family'; 'The mining areas'; 'The partnership of 1669 in the Swaledale Mines'; 'Methods of accounting'; 'Arrangements for the miners'; 'Bargains and trials'; 'Mining techniques'; 'Dressing and washing the ore'; 'Smelting the ore'; 'Timber and fuel'; 'Transport'; 'Financial management of the Derbyshire partners'. Much of this essay based on the correspondence of Philip Swale