clay mining in dorset

Clay History – Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum

2021-3-16  Clay mining ran in families for generations, with some members then going on to work on the Railways with the arrival of the Swanage Branch line. Norden Park and Ride Nr Corfe Castle Wareham Dorset BH20 5DW Telephone: (01929) 481461The

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Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum

2021-5-29  Purbeck Mineral Mining Museum. The Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum is dedicated to the history of Purbeck Ball Clay mining, the industrial heritage of Purbeck and the Purbeck narrow gauge railways. Purbeck Mineral Mining Museum is opening on the last Sunday of each month from May to September 2021. We will regularly review this.

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Mining trucks dig in for dorset ball clay - me.smenet.org

Mining Engineering , 2016, Vol. 68, No. 6, pp. 36-36. In Wareham, Dorset, a fleet of Terex trucks are helping to uncover some of the world’s richest clay deposits. The site just outside Wareham, Dorset, is, after all, right next to an ancient coastline whose layers of rock record some 185 million years of history.

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The South West Mining - Mining Searches UK

The white pits and tips of china and ball clay mining have left their mark on the Cornwall, Devon and Dorset landscape. China and ball clay was most notably worked in the St Austell granite area of Cornwall, Bovey Basin in Devon and Wareham Basin in Dorset.

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Purbeck’s clay railways Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine

The modern clay industry began in the 17th century, when smoking the new drug, tobacco, became popular and Purbeck clay was perfect for pipes; hence it was known as pipe clay. Later another innovation, tea-drinking, provided a new market. Demand for clay continued to grow and in 1760 the Pike brothers began operations in the Furzebrook area.

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The Clay Industry - Newton Abbot 24

The Clay Industry. Since the mid eighteenth century the Ball Clay industry has, and continues to be, a major source of employment for Newton Abbot and the surrounding area. It is said that today’s industry has its origins in the sixteenth century when Sir Walter Raleigh introduced tobacco to Britain. Certainly clay from Dorset, and probably ...

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Postcode Search The Kaolin and Ball Clay Association

For china clay searches in Cornwall and Devon and ball clay searches in Dorset, please direct your enquiry to: Imerys Minerals Ltd Par Moor Centre Par Moor Road Par Cornwall PL24 2SQ – marked for the attention of Sean Simpson. Telephone: 07979 557303 VAT No. GB131748378. For ball clay searches in Devon, please direct your enquiry to:

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Clay Extraction High Resolution Stock Photography and ...

The clay source rocks at Kimmeridge Bay Ledges in Dorset England China clay mining industry cornwall UK. extraction of etruria marl clay ... Data mining abstract, China clay pit Cornwall, Cornish Lithium metaphor. Historic Clay Mine, which extracted bentonite clay used in WW II ammunition and other products, Creede, Colorado. ...

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List of clay mines in the United Kingdom

Searchable database of clay mines in the United Kingdom from AditNow, the leading online resource for mine explorers and mining historians. AditNow - the definitive online resource for the mine explorer and mining historian Mine explorer and mining history videos

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English China Clays Ltd. -- Company History

2021-9-13  Statistics: Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Imerys Incorporated: 1919 as English China Clays Ltd. NAIC: 212324 Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining; 325192 Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing; 325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (pt) Key Dates: 1919: English China Clays Ltd. (ECC) is formed. 1932: ECC merges with Lovering China Clays and H.D.

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Blog - Creative Clay For All

2019-1-23  The majority of Ball Clay in Dorset can be found on the Isle of Purbeck, the Wareham Basin. Evidence of the mining of the Ball Clay can be seen at the Blue Pool tourist attraction. In ceramics both China Clay and Ball Clay are used as ingredients to

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Mining trucks dig in for dorset ball clay - me.smenet.org

Mining Engineering , 2016, Vol. 68, No. 6, pp. 36-36. In Wareham, Dorset, a fleet of Terex trucks are helping to uncover some of the world’s richest clay deposits. The site just outside Wareham, Dorset, is, after all, right next to an ancient coastline whose layers of rock record some 185 million years of history.

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BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, The Purbeck Clay Mines

2015-1-15  Helen Mark explores the clay mining history of Dorset's picturesque Isle of Purbeck. Purbeck may look like an unspoilt rural holiday destination, but in reality it is an area steeped in industrial ...

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Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum (Wareham) - 2021

This lovely free!! yes free museum was so interesting telling us all about the clay mining that was done here in Dorset that is fully explained by this good historical museum to the art of how clay mining was carried out in Dorset in this area and how the Swanage

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Author digs deep to write clay mining book Dorset Echo

2014-9-19  Author digs deep to write clay mining book. A MAN who has spent much of his life researching the history of a Dorset industry has written a book.

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The Clay Industry - Newton Abbot 24

The Clay Industry. Since the mid eighteenth century the Ball Clay industry has, and continues to be, a major source of employment for Newton Abbot and the surrounding area. It is said that today’s industry has its origins in the sixteenth century when Sir Walter Raleigh introduced tobacco to Britain. Certainly clay from Dorset, and probably ...

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PNEUMOCONIOSIS IN THE BALL-CLAY INDUSTRY -

The Dorset clay is unique, because it has the finest particle size of any clay-90% of the particles are less than 1 fL equivalent in spherical radius. Plastic in con- sistence, it is used as a bonding material in the pottery industry and in the manufacture of a variety of other articles, such as porcelain insulators, high-class gloss paper ...

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Clay Extraction High Resolution Stock Photography and ...

The clay source rocks at Kimmeridge Bay Ledges in Dorset England China clay mining industry cornwall UK. extraction of etruria marl clay ... Data mining abstract, China clay pit Cornwall, Cornish Lithium metaphor. Historic Clay Mine, which extracted bentonite clay used in WW II ammunition and other products, Creede, Colorado. ...

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About Us The Kaolin and Ball Clay Association

BACKGROUND. In recognition of the national importance of china clay and ball clay Standing Conferences were constituted in the late 1940s to co-ordinate the views of the local planning authorities, the china clay and ball clay industries and central government on the provisions to be made for the future working of the minerals, the disposal of mineral waste and the treatment of tips, together ...

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English China Clays Ltd. -- Company History

2021-9-13  Statistics: Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Imerys Incorporated: 1919 as English China Clays Ltd. NAIC: 212324 Kaolin and Ball Clay Mining; 325192 Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing; 325998 All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (pt) Key Dates: 1919: English China Clays Ltd. (ECC) is formed. 1932: ECC merges with Lovering China Clays and H.D.

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Fayle’s Tramways - Clay Mining in Purbeck

Fayle’s Tramways - Clay Mining in Purbeck by Chris Legg. Twelveheads 2016 £16. Softback, 168 pages, 225 illustrations. For much of the twentieth century a small train periodically stopped the traffic on the main road from Wareham to Swanage. For many people this was the

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Author digs deep to write clay mining book Dorset Echo

2014-9-19  Author digs deep to write clay mining book. A MAN who has spent much of his life researching the history of a Dorset industry has written a book.

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PNEUMOCONIOSIS IN THE BALL-CLAY INDUSTRY -

The Dorset clay is unique, because it has the finest particle size of any clay-90% of the particles are less than 1 fL equivalent in spherical radius. Plastic in con- sistence, it is used as a bonding material in the pottery industry and in the manufacture of a variety of other articles, such as porcelain insulators, high-class gloss paper ...

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About Us The Kaolin and Ball Clay Association

BACKGROUND. In recognition of the national importance of china clay and ball clay Standing Conferences were constituted in the late 1940s to co-ordinate the views of the local planning authorities, the china clay and ball clay industries and central government on the provisions to be made for the future working of the minerals, the disposal of mineral waste and the treatment of tips, together ...

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Mining trucks dig in for dorset ball clay - me.smenet.org

Mining Engineering , 2016, Vol. 68, No. 6, pp. 36-36. In Wareham, Dorset, a fleet of Terex trucks are helping to uncover some of the world’s richest clay deposits. The site just outside Wareham, Dorset, is, after all, right next to an ancient coastline whose layers of rock record some 185 million years of history.

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1913 China Clay Strike Tolpuddle Martyrs

2021-11-16  1913 China Clay Strike. The china clay industry was a major employer in Cornwall but employers fought to keep unions out. There were some local disputes such as the strike in 1872 by 200 clay workers at Thomas Stocker’s West of England Clay Works. They won big pay rises of 25-50 per cent but by 1875 a trade slump led employers to try to cut ...

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Mining and Quarrying Poole History Online

2021-3-25  Advert For Dorset - Clay Products Ltd. Dorset-Clay Products Limited. Salt Glazed Earthenware, Drain pipes and Fittings, Chemical Stoneware Pipes. Works, Offices and Clay Mines. Upton : Poole. Port of Poole 1950's Picture

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Purbeck Mineral Mining Museum Swanage.co.uk

The clay mining industry in Purbeck grew in the 19th Century, leading to the construction of Dorset’s first railway. This tramway was initially used by horses, which would transport the clay by pulling carts toward Poole Harbour, for onward shipment to London.

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Purbeck The Dorset Guide

Purbeck Ball Clay has also played a part in the history of the island, although the principal ball clay workings were in the area between Corfe Castle and Wareham. The much-visited Blue Pool on the Furzebrook Estate between Corfe Castle and Wareham is testimony to this former activity. The pool started life in the early 17th century as a chalk pit and has become famous for its intensely blue ...

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Mining - Conveyancing Data

This type of mining has historically been concentrated in and around Cornwall, Dorset and Devon. Our system will recommend a search to determine whether the property is likely to be affected by clay deposits, and if these areas are likely to be worked in future or

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