Stimpy said the following on 21/01/2008 22:24:
Don't!! Just don't, OK :-) :-) :-)
Stimpy said the following on 21/01/2008 22:24:
Don't!! Just don't, OK :-) :-) :-)
For true authenticity for a Welsh Narrow gauge line the shop in Portmeirion village sells replicas of the buildings there. Luvvrly bright colours and you could run Italian stock as well.
G.harman
Slate mines - plenty. The narrow vien at Corris was mined underground, and served by the upper line from Maespoeth (originally the main line of the Corris, but only ever horse-worked). Plenty of the slate from Blaenau is mined underground, too.
I thought about that definition but dropped it as coal is mined either underground or by opencast workings. Had quick look at a mining textbook that says 'quarrying is done for dimension stone and crushed stone'.
So looks as though nope, no slate mining.
Cheers, Simon
Swithland slate first used in Roman Leicester as a roofing material. Reached max annual output of 4936 tons in 1895 - that was 0.9 % of national output if I remember correctly.
Not so sure about Mull, mostly intrusive and lavas.
Cheers, Simon
simon said the following on 22/01/2008 23:23:
...is the wrong answer. See all the previous examples.
Erm, they just name a few underground quarries. As slate is a 'dimension stone' it is quarried and not mined.
cheers, Simon
simon said the following on 23/01/2008 23:25:
Take a look at the website of a company that's been *mining* and quarrying slate for 150 years. I reckon that after all that time they might know what they're talking about.
It's actually a very sensible business model for the society and for members.
Pay the membership and it will probably pay for itself in the saving's you'll make. I hate to use the S word but I think you would be stupid not to. You can always decline to renew membership after a year or two.
MBQ
Does anyone remember the one in RM in the mid-late 70's. I think it took inspiration from Llaregub (Under Milk Wood - "bugger all" backwards). The name had welsh spelling but was pronounced "Where the 'ell are we". What was the other station called?
MBQ
Can I now plug my friend Dave's site covering mines of NW Wales ?
- Nigel
On 24/01/2008 09:35, snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com said,
Dunno, but wasn't that the punchline of a very old joke about some African tribes of short stature? :-)
On 24/01/2008 10:18, Nigel Cliffe said,
I think you just did :-)
Not at all, having worked in the mning industry I know that miners just describe things as they need to for their own environment. Presume its the same in many other industries - which course is perfectly fine for them.
As an similar example consider the broad range of 'granites' available from stone suppliers. Very few are real granites but who cares when fitting a kitchen.
So, I recon you can have an underground quarry and an opencast mine but if you want to be accurate in terms of mining then there are no slate mines.
cheers, Simon
I don't think the word was "'ell" :-)
Jim.
It was when me dad first told me - was about 7.
Simon
You were up early!
Simon,
In the joke, as I remember it, the tribe's name started with "F" :-) Your dad might have told it differently if you had been a fair bit older :-)
Jim.
He did - many times. Now its my turn.
Cheers, Simon
just the once.
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