£19.95
Lindsey Porter
Status: In Stock
• Publication Date – 2004
• Format & Edition – Hardback, First Edition
• Pagination – 240 Pages, Illustrated
• Condition – New
• Genre – Mining & Industrial Heritage
Ecton Copper Mines Under the dukes of Devonshire 1760-1790 by Lindsey Porter. This book examines the operations at the spectacularly profitable Ecton mine in North Staffordshire when it was run by the Dukes of Devonshire.
Ecton was one of the most profitable and deepest mines of its era. Based upon thousands of previously unused documents, it covers work at the mine, Whiston smelter, Kingsley & Foxt Wood collieries, the social conditions at the time, and the transportation links.
Description of Ore Deposits
The Duke’s Takeover
The Management Structure
Dressing and Sale of Ore
Working at the Mine
Vistors to the Mine
Details from the Purchase Accounts
Ore Smelting
Transportation
Coal
Sales and Profit
Life at Wetton
Ecton in National Context