Sources

The sources used in the preparation of the lists of mines were:-

• "Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines. Gloucestershire" (London: HMSO, nd)
• "Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines. Somerset" (London: HMSO, nd)
• Robert Hunt (ed), "Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" (London: HMSO, annual)
• "List of Mines" (London: HMSO, annual)
• "Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Several Matters relating to Coal in the United Kingdom, Volume I" (London: HMSO, 1871)
• "Reports of the Inspectors of Mines" (London: HMSO, annual)
  
  

The statistics were extracted from a number of official documents, the main ones being listed below. Unfortunately there is insufficient space to include full details here, but it is hoped that a complete list will be published later this year.

• "Abstract of Labour Statistics of the United Kingdom" (London: HMSO, annual?)
• "Annual Abstract of Statistics" (London: HMSO, annual)
• "Annual Report of the Secretary for Mines" (London: HMSO, annual)
• "Bristol and Somerset Coalfield Regional Survey Report" (London: HMSO, 1946)
• Robert Hunt (ed), "Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" (London: HMSO, annual to 1881)
• "Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" (London: HMSO, annual from 1882)
• "Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Several Matters relating to Coal in the United Kingdom, Volume I" (London: HMSO, 1871)
• "Reports of the Inspectors of Mines" (London: HMSO, annual)
• "Statistical Abstract for the United Kingdom" (London: HMSO, annual)

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