I must have been having a bit of a brain fade when I wrote that there was only coal, because of course there was limestone and iron ore, as we were taught in history at school. But sometimes the memory forgets bits like that. Cheers Steve On 03/03/2012 16:57, brian wrote: >> I don't think that there was much need to differentiate between coal and >> other miners in that area as there wasn't much (if any) other mining >> unlike in, for example County Durham, where there was also lead mining. > They were also mining limestone and iron ore, which with the local coal were > the main materials to start iron production in the Iron Bridge area. > Coal mining went back to the Roman times, due to the seams at or just below > ground level. > > Brian > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >