Posts by Peter Burgess

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Author	Message
Topic: Dark Theme
Peter Burgess	Forum: Site Updates, Suggestions & Corrections Posted: 31/03/2020 22:08:09 Subject: Dark Theme The only reason I use it is to stop migraines and eyestrain. It works fine in that regard. I have the screen permanently on dusk setting - you can make the settings stay the same 24 hours a day.
Topic: Dark Theme
Peter Burgess	Forum: Site Updates, Suggestions & Corrections Posted: 31/03/2020 21:30:34 Subject: Dark Theme https://justgetflux.com/
Topic: Dark Theme
Peter Burgess	Forum: Site Updates, Suggestions & Corrections Posted: 31/03/2020 21:29:12 Subject: Dark Theme I recommend dowloading f-lux to change the screen colour etc according to preferences. Window10 actually has this feature built in. Look under display settings.
Topic: What’s the strangest thing you’ve found?
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 27/03/2020 19:22:59 Subject: What’s the strangest thing you’ve found? Must be an early smelting site - a bloomery …….:tongue:
Topic: Places to stay and eat at, near mines, that you would hate to lose in the current apocalypse.
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 23/03/2020 11:19:06 Subject: Places to stay and eat at, near mines, that you would hate to lose in the current apocalypse. [quote="ttxela"] Unfortunately I have a sneaking suspicion that we might be asked to restrict/avoid taking leave when things return to normal to get business back on track.[/quote]The very same t
Topic: Places to stay and eat at, near mines, that you would hate to lose in the current apocalypse.
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 22/03/2020 18:50:22 Subject: Places to stay and eat at, near mines, that you would hate to lose in the current apocalypse. If we only bought and used things made entirely in the UK, nobody would be posting anything on this forum.
Topic: Coal, illegal
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 13/03/2020 00:10:23 Subject: Coal, illegal Heritage railway viewpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWNr9PnR6DU
Topic: Coal, illegal
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 06/03/2020 19:45:48 Subject: Coal, illegal I can't wait :)
Topic: Coal, illegal
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 06/03/2020 15:40:29 Subject: Coal, illegal On a lighter (and darker!) note, I like to remind myself sometimes that these innocent and enthusiastic youngsters might be running the care home I might be in at some time, and not to be too rude abo
Topic: Coal, illegal
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 06/03/2020 15:18:27 Subject: Coal, illegal My observation is that those who seem to have an issue with Thunberg have ten times more hissy fits than the youngsters who are, quite understandably, concerned for their future. I would be too if I w
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 02/03/2020 11:31:58 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query I could almost smell the coke ovens after working through all the photos.
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 29/02/2020 21:55:17 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query Collieries that I have not posted up are: Bwllfa No.1 Pit Bwllfa No.3 Pit Coytrahen Park Colliery Crybbwr Fawr Collieries Cwmaman Colliery Dyllas Colliery Ocea
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 29/02/2020 21:40:24 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query I have added photos from the book into relevant mine photo galleries. However, there are quite a few mines in the book that I can't find galleries for. As I am not familiar with the South Wales collie
Topic: Development of spades - a question
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 28/02/2020 16:20:48 Subject: Development of spades - a question Thanks for this AR - every little helps as they say. I haven't followed anything up at this end yet!
Topic: Hang out in Cornwall?
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 27/02/2020 07:13:58 Subject: Hang out in Cornwall? If you were asking about anywhere else, you would be signed up with three clubs and be Treasurer of at least one by now, as well as starting a couple of new digs. :o
Topic: Hang out in Cornwall?
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 26/02/2020 11:54:15 Subject: Hang out in Cornwall? Friendly bunch, the Cornish :lol::lol: ;)
Topic: Development of spades - a question
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 22/02/2020 18:11:08 Subject: Development of spades - a question I'll pose the query another way: On Friday I saw this item in the Museum of London, labelled as being found in a medieval context. https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/onli
Topic: Development of spades - a question
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 22/02/2020 18:06:03 Subject: Development of spades - a question [quote="caver1"]I heard of this via the telly, I think it was Alan Titchmarsh doing a bit on Coast about coastal potato fields on Irelands West coast. This would imply a post Walter Raleigh age for th
Topic: Development of spades - a question
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 22/02/2020 00:00:55 Subject: Development of spades - a question I knew it might be a mistake to explain why I am curious. Take it from me, if there is a cut off date after which it would be highly unlikely for such a tool to be used it would be quite revealing.
Topic: Development of spades - a question
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 21/02/2020 22:41:01 Subject: Development of spades - a question The issue I have is that a spade iron from the end of a wooden spade was found many years ago underground. If I can be confident about the most recent date it could originate from, this might be a VER
Topic: Development of spades - a question
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 21/02/2020 21:57:49 Subject: Development of spades - a question I have a question for anybody familiar with the development of iron tools in general. Medieval spades on the whole, seem to have been wooden, with a spade iron fitted to the bottom of the blade to pro
Topic: Video Explore : Crawling Through The Shale : A Brownley Hill Adventure
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 18/02/2020 22:33:05 Subject: Video Explore : Crawling Through The Shale : A Brownley Hill Adventure [quote="ttxela"] Even the larger channels that do mine videos such as EWF could quite easily be dwarfed within days by say, a channel featuring an attractive young lady playing computer games in
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 01/02/2020 14:35:40 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query As it seems there is a copy safely preserved in a national collection I will see what I can do about adding some or maybe all of it here if admins are ok with it. I can only post a series of image fil
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 29/01/2020 23:48:59 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query Yes that is the one!
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 29/01/2020 18:20:59 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query Any doubts about the purpose of the book might be dispelled by reading the last bit of the introductory chapter. [link]119842[linkphoto]119842[/linkphoto][/link]
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 29/01/2020 18:06:33 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query Two sample pages (obviously I will do the photos properly ;D ): [link]119839[linkphoto]119839[/linkphoto][/link] [link]119840[linkphoto]119840[/linkphoto][/link]
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 29/01/2020 17:38:06 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query OK good idea - it's at least foolscap page size! I may have to take photos instead.
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 29/01/2020 12:35:32 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query The general tone of the text suggests it is a regional mine owners' "propaganda" to counter the post WW1 narrative of nationalisation. The book turned up in our club cottage a while back and I took it
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 28/01/2020 23:17:29 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query It was most likely published in 1921.
Topic: South Wales Coalfield book query
Peter Burgess	Forum: South Wales Posted: 28/01/2020 20:23:54 Subject: South Wales Coalfield book query Currently in my care is a book in rather poor condition. I have little idea how well known it is and wondered if it is of any great historic value (not monetary). It has a rather fine selection of pho
Topic: Merry Christmas 2019
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 24/12/2019 11:27:12 Subject: Merry Christmas 2019 [quote="royfellows"]Happy Christmas from Roy. I live on my own so nothing seasonal really goes on here, but tomorrow, Christmas Day, looks good sunshine, so might just............ So why no
Topic: Fellows lamps forum.
Peter Burgess	Forum: Lamps & Lighting Posted: 18/12/2019 08:15:45 Subject: Fellows lamps forum. I have published my experience of the Lynx X Basic (now evolved to the Lynx X Basic 2) here - https://darknessbelow.co.uk/shining-a-light-on-the-new-lynx-x-basic/
Topic: Epsomite at Nenthead?
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 03/12/2019 18:25:24 Subject: Epsomite at Nenthead? Thank you for everybody's help. The project is probably going ahead, and neutronix's posts are appreciated - passing on the word!
Topic: Epsomite at Nenthead?
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 02/12/2019 21:52:00 Subject: Epsomite at Nenthead? It's not my project, it's a fellow caver in the US - looking for prior work to back up an application for funding equipment to use in caves with cyclical formations of epsomite. Being able to cite oth
Topic: Epsomite at Nenthead?
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 01/12/2019 20:39:01 Subject: Epsomite at Nenthead? Thank Pete - this is the conclusion I am rapidly coming to, that little if any true research has been done on this mineral oddity.
Topic: Epsomite at Nenthead?
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 01/12/2019 10:31:58 Subject: Epsomite at Nenthead? From what I understand, the proposed US research is to study the cyclical nature of the mineral, growing for one period of the year and diminishing or disappearing at others, due to changes in humidit
Topic: Epsomite at Nenthead?
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 01/12/2019 08:44:59 Subject: Epsomite at Nenthead? Has there been any good research into the formation of these growths in old mines? i suspect it has had little attention.
Topic: Epsomite at Nenthead?
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 30/11/2019 20:54:33 Subject: Epsomite at Nenthead? Hello to all Nenthead regulars - I am looking for information on the possible occurrence of epsomite at Nenthead. I am asking on behalf of someone looking for published work on research into cyclical
Topic: Proposal to revive Cumbrian coal mining
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 07/11/2019 20:25:22 Subject: Proposal to revive Cumbrian coal mining This is a summary of what I found: Smelt iron using electrolysis An intriguing way of separating iron from its ore at MIT was reported in Scientific American 3 (May 2013) There was a
Topic: Proposal to revive Cumbrian coal mining
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 07/11/2019 15:10:03 Subject: Proposal to revive Cumbrian coal mining Yes that's the point, and the story prompted me to do some research, and it's a shame more people don't do the same, but prefer to stick to their chosen agenda, whatever that might be.
Topic: Proposal to revive Cumbrian coal mining
Peter Burgess	Forum: North West England Posted: 07/11/2019 09:43:41 Subject: Proposal to revive Cumbrian coal mining When I heard the coal was to be used for coking and steel production, but there were still objections about the mine contributing to carbon dioxide emissions, I wondered whether there was any way to e
Topic: Staying near Wells - any recommendations for mine trips?
Peter Burgess	Forum: South West England Posted: 15/10/2019 12:05:15 Subject: Staying near Wells - any recommendations for mine trips? Compton Martin Ochre Mine "Singing River" Mine, Shipham Axbridge Ochre Mine Surface lead works at Charterhouse Surface lead works at Priddy Sandford Hill mine workings
Topic: NAMHO Conference 2018
Peter Burgess	Forum: Events Posted: 29/08/2019 07:48:53 Subject: NAMHO Conference 2018 Top left of this discussion - "New Topic". Click it.
Topic: Miles of rare gold have been discovered
Peter Burgess	Forum: North Wales Posted: 08/08/2019 08:40:07 Subject: Miles of rare gold have been discovered If there is so much of it then its not rare.
Topic: Southwest copper and tin
Peter Burgess	Forum: New recruits! Posted: 07/08/2019 09:52:13 Subject: Southwest copper and tin Another alternative for obtaining metallic copper might be the electrolytic route, and again you would probably need oxides and carbonates, together with some acid and old iron - no idea how efficient
Topic: Southwest copper and tin
Peter Burgess	Forum: New recruits! Posted: 07/08/2019 09:48:43 Subject: Southwest copper and tin I heard the early copper mining talks at NAMHO this year, and there is a reason Bronze age (and later) miners didn't go much below the "gossan" in search for ore. They used the easily spotted green ca
Topic: NAMHO 2019 Conference report
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 01/08/2019 10:36:33 Subject: NAMHO 2019 Conference report https://darknessbelow.co.uk/namho-2019-mid-wales-a-programme-of-excellence/ Well done Roy for managing a really good event, and thanks to all those who helped to make it work so well.
Topic: Ambrose Hole
Peter Burgess	Forum: South East England Posted: 31/07/2019 08:46:58 Subject: Ambrose Hole If you pop over to the Isle of Wight you might like the Needles Battery, but it's not one that will get your electric bikes recharged.
Topic: Ambrose Hole
Peter Burgess	Forum: South East England Posted: 31/07/2019 08:44:45 Subject: Ambrose Hole There is a reason why the NAMHO conference hasn't yet been held in the New Forest.
Topic: Calamine Mining in the 16thC
Peter Burgess	Forum: General Chat Posted: 26/07/2019 20:13:32 Subject: Calamine Mining in the 16thC This paper is quite detailed. http://www.brassmill.com/linked/2003_09_-_history_of_calamine_mining_on_mendip.pdf As for "preserved" workings, there is "Singing River Mine" in Shipham, and m

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