Hi Listers, Google is amassing a vast collection of books- free for the reading - on their Google Books site. In my next life I hope to have time to seriously check it out. Meanwhile, researching the Horseley Colliery in Tipton I stumbled onto one little gem. The title of the book is -- (Hang onto your bifocals.)-- "Memoirs of the Geological Society of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology -- the South Staffordshire Coal Field" by J. Beete Jukes, M.A. Camb., F.R.S., &C., Second Edition 1859. You can guess with a title like that there are many pages that are vastly tedious. Skip them. Go to the last chapters the Notes on how they did it all starting on page 219 on page 223, "Notes on coal raised and iron made in 1858." He tells you all about the operations with a great list of all the works and owners and furnaces in the area at the time. Great stuff if you have any family working in coal or iron. There is a good index at the end with links to the pages if you have a specific area of interest. The official link is: http://books.google.com/books?id=0gq8AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA163&ots=OJJAXVN8vn&dq=Ho rsley%20Colliery&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false You will need to click or copy all of it or skip it and just Google search "Horseley Colliery" Mae Canaga In California USA