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Publications available from the MHTI 2007

All quoted postage prices are for single copies of the individual publication. Please consult Matthew Parkes (see below) for postage rates on orders of more than one title or bulk orders. Other discounts may be available for members, and separate trade prices apply for retail outlets for MHTI, MINET or EUROPAMINES titles. Minimum orders may apply, but we usually apply some discount where possible.
All members receive the Journal as part of their membership benefits for the year, or a publications only subscription for libraries etc  is available (comprising newsletter 4+ times per year plus the annual journal).

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 MHTI JOURNAL No. 1 (2001) 76pp.
€10 + €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

Editorial by Des Cowman
The Sandstone Mines of Mountcharles, Co. Donegal

by M. A. Parkes, G. Carville, J.G. Kelly and S. Dowds
Catalogue of Board of Trade Records of English based companies in Ireland 1856-1920

by John. H. Morris and Des Cowman
Irish Immigrants in the early Keweenaw Mines, Michigan: a research note by William Mulligan
An 1854 Catalogue of Mines and Mineral occurrences in Ireland

by John. H. Morris
Man Engine House, Mountain Mine, Allihies, Co. Cork

by John. H. Morris
The Mining Boom of 1824-'25. PART 1

by Des Cowman
The Iron Mines of Co. Laois

by Geraldine Carville
Survey of historic mine workings exposed in McQuaid's Quarry, Lemgare, Clontibret, Co. Monaghan

by John. H. Morris and Matthew Parkes
The metal mines of Dublin

by Des Cowman
The Mines of Baravore, Glenmalure, Co. Wicklow

by Stuart Chester and Nigel Burns (with mineralogical note by Richard Unitt)

 

MHTI Journal 2

 

MHTI JOURNAL No. 2 (2002) 76pp.
€10 + €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

 

Editorial by Des Cowman

Salvaging minesites – the case of Keel

by Phelim Lally

Sir Richard Griffith’s Catalogue of Mines and Mineral Occurrences in Ireland : Notes on various editions published between 1853 and 1862

by Patrick Wyse Jackson

Harvey’s of Hayle

by Roz Cundick

A unique Cornish engine house – Williams’ in Avoca

by Ken Brown

A survey of Tankardstown Mine, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford

by Martin Critchley

The mining Boom of 1824-’25. PART 2 – Aftermath

by Des Cowman

The Man Engine House, Allihies, Co. Cork : a pictorial record of conservation works completed in November 2002

by John Morris

A history and survey of mine buildings at the Tassan Mine, Co. Monaghan

by John Morris, Phelim Lally and Des Cowman

Glandore Mines, County Cork : history and survey

by Paddy O’Sullivan

Cistercians, geology and their medieval quarries

by Geraldine Carville

A compendium of illustrations and descriptions of some Irish historic mine workings from rare, out-of-print publications and other sources

by Petra Coffey and John Morris

 

 

MHTI JOURNAL No. 3 (2003) 64pp.
€10 + €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

 

 

Editorial by Des Cowman

Further illustrations of mining activities in Ireland : Knockmahon, County Waterford and Avoca, County Wicklow

by Petra Coffey, Des Cowman and John H. Morris

Mining Scams ? Three examples from Wicklow

by Des Cowman

The Wicklow Gold Rush

by Peadar McArdle

In search of Hodgson’s Tramway

by Ewan Duffy

An history of quarrying and mining in Ireland up to 1700

by Des Cowman and John H. Morris

Man Engine House, Allihies, Co. Cork : a pictorial record of conservation works in 2003

by John Morris

The Battle of the Tokens, 1789-1799 : The Hibernian Mining Company v. The Associated Irish Mine Company

by John Morris

Charles Stewart Parnell and his mining interests

by Pat Power

Memories of 1960-‘70s exploration and the founding of the IAEG

by Dave Naylor, Jeff Sample and James M. Patterson

Silvermines engine houses

by Ken Brown

 

 

MHTI JOURNAL No. 4 (2004) 48pp.
€10 + €1.25 p&p Ireland, €2.75 Britain, €2.75Europe, €2.75 Rest of world.

 

Editorial by Des Cowman

Hibernia, Shamrock, Erin : William Thomas Mulvany and the ‘Irish mines’ in the Ruhr

by Olaf Schmidt-Rutsch

A Preliminary Report on Crookhaven Mine, County Cork

by Paddy O’Sullivan

Historic records of mining on Mount Gabriel

by Stephen Briggs

Mellifont – An Abbey in a Quarry

by Geraldine Carville

The Avoca Mineral Tramway – A further look into an early County Wicklow mineral tramway

by Andrew Waldron, Danny Sheehan and Andrew Wilson

Documents on Mining History

by Des Cowman

A new survey of Crookhaven Mine

by Martin Critchley and Richard Shaw

 

 

MHTI JOURNAL No. 5 (2005) 80pp, full colour throughout.

Special Thematic Volume: The Bunmahon Copper Mines, Co. Waterford, Copper Coast European and Global Geopark
€10 + €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

 

Editorial by Des Cowman

A history of Tankardstown Mine, 1850-c.1875,

by Des Cowman, pp 3-10.

The mineralogy of the Bunmahon copper mines, Co. Waterford

by Stephen Moreton, pp 11-14.

Topographical and Geophysical Surveys at Tankardstown Mine, Bunmahon, County Waterford

by Kevin Barton, pp 15-22.

A preliminary account of an archaeological excavation at Tankardstown (Knockmahon)

Copper Mine, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford

by Flor Hurley, pp 23-28.

Historical Reconstruction Drawings of the Copper Coast Mines, Co. Waterford

by Dr Daniel Tietzsch-Tyler, pp 29-46.

The fates of the Tankardstown miners: some examples

by Des Cowman, pp 47-52.

The Knockmahon - Tankardstown Mineral Tramway, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford.

by John H. Morris, Daniel Tietzsch-Tyler and Ray Scanlon, pp 53-74.

Conservation works at Tankardstown Mine, Bunmahon, Co. Waterford

by Martin Critchley and John Morris, pp 75-79.

 

MHTI JOURNAL No. 6 (2006) 40pp, full colour.
€10 + €1.30 p&p Ireland, €2.85 Britain, €2.85 Europe, €2.85 Rest of world.

 

MHTI Journal 7

Editorial by Des Cowman

Gurtavallig Mine, Co. Cork

by Diane Hodnett

Kilcarry Adit, County Carlow

by Matthew Parkes

The Ballycorus Leadworks

by Paul Normoyle

Quarries, mines and railways of Dalkey

by John Barnett

The mines of Sheeps Head and Mizen Head Peninsulas, County Cork

by Paddy O’Sullivan

The Camac Brothers and late 18th century mining in Avoca

by William Chatterton Dickson

 

The Making and Breaking of a mining community: The Copper Coast, County Waterford 1825-1875+ (2006)
Des Cowman

€18 [€15 for MHTI members]

+ €21.85 p&p Ireland, €7.25 Britain, €7.25 Europe, €10.40 Rest of world.

Published by MHTI, ISBN 0-9534538-3-9/ 978-0-9534538-3-2, 188pp.

 

 

 

 

Mine Heritage and Tourism : A hidden resource

Proceedings of a conference held on November 3-6th 1999 at Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.  

Published by MHTI for the MINET Project, ISBN 0-9534538-1-2, 72pp.

€10 + €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

This publication records a conference convened under the European Mine Heritage Network, MINET, and is a valuable reflection (as extended abstracts, with illustrations) and summary of developments in this relatively new area. Irish, British and European partners from Italy, France and Spain are all represented.

 

Memoir of Localities of Minerals of Economic Importance and Metalliferous Mines in Ireland (1922)
Grenville A.J. Cole

€12 [€8 for members]

+ €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

A facsimile edition of the original, reprinted by the Mining Heritage Society of Ireland, 1998 The memoir lists all known metallic mineral occurrences in Ireland, as of 1922. The original report was reprinted by the Geological Survey in 1956 and remained a popular publication. Each locality is listed with Name, Mineral types, 6" and 1" Sheet number, a basic grid reference and an historical description including relevant references. In addition to the original text, this edition contains a biography of Cole and 22 figures in black and white. The front cover depicts the Man-Engine House at the Mountain Mine, Allihies, Co. Cork. It was erected in 1862 and had an operational depth of 1,494 feet.

 

 

 

Ecology of Old Mine Sites. Abstracts for a workshop organised by the Mining History Society of Ireland Saturday 18th October 1997. FREE

The Ecology of Old Mine Sites.

Proceedings of a workshop on the ecology of old mine sites organised by the Mining Heritage Society of Ireland 18-19 October 1997 at the Geological Survey of Ireland. Special Issue of Biology and Environment.
Proceedings of the Royal of Irish Academy. Vol. 99B. No. 1. ISSN 0791-7945

 

€10 + €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

Please note b & w text of the workshop can be downloaded from the RIA at the link above.(journals.eecs.qub.ac.uk/RIA/ProcBI/1999/PB99I1/B99113a.html )

 

 

Ross Island and the Mining Heritage of Killarney.
O'Brien, W. 2000.

€5.00 + 55c p&p (Members price €5.00 includes p&p)

Published by the Dept. of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway. 30pp, 33 figures, in full colour. ISBN 0 9535620 1 X

 

 

 

 

MINING IN WICKLOW MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (2003)
 

Full colour folded A3 leaflet published by Dϊchas

50c +55c p&p in Ireland

 

 

 

 

In the Shadow of the Mines.
Walsh, J. and Walsh, S. 1999. 4th reprint.

€12 + €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

Published by the authors.
220pp, scores of photographs and images documenting life of coalminers in Castlecomer.  No ISBN   219pp

 

 

The abandoned mines of West Carbery

Des Cowman and Tom Reilly

€10 + €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

Published by the Geological Survey of Ireland

 

 

The conservation of historic mine buildings in Cornwall: practical guidelines to assist conservation of similar buildings internationally

Adam Sharpe

€8.00 + €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

 

Produced by the Historic Environment Service, Cornwall County Council on behalf of the Cornwall and west Devon World Heritage Site Bid Office and Europamines, the European Mining Heritage Network.

Published by Europamines, full colour throughout, 56 pages in English, 56pp in Spanish

ISBN0-9551301-1-5

 

 

Interpreting the ruins of Cornish design engine houses

Kenneth Brown, John Morris, Antonio Angel Perez Sanchez and Martin Critchley

€8 + €1.85 p&p Ireland, €4.15 Britain, €4.15 Europe, €4.15 Rest of world.

 

A guide to measuring, recording and interpreting the ruins of Cornish design engine houses, compiled and published as part of a Culture 2000 funded project to establish Europamines, the European Mining Heritage Network. Published by Europamines, full colour throughout, 48 pages in English, 48 pages in Spanish

ISBN0-9551301-0-7

 

 

Galway’s Mining Heritage : Extracting Galway

Proceedings of a conference held on 26th August 2006

€10 + €1.30 p&p Ireland, €2.85 Britain, €2.85Europe, €2.85 Rest of world.

 

Editorial by Matthew Parkes

Abstracting the Extractive History of County Galway

by Paul Duffy

Connemara Marble

by Ambrose Joyce

Derrylea Mine

by Matthew Parkes, Paul Duffy and Martin Critchley

Galway Rocks!: An introduction to the geology of County Galway

by Martin Feely   

Tynagh Mines

by Eamonn Grennan and John Clifford

The Use of Soapstone by the Early Irish - the Archaeological evidence

by Michael Gibbons           

Glengowla Mines

by Keith Geoghegan          

The Mines of County Galway - a record of all known mining heritage sites

by MHTI

 

 

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