Alston Moor

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Excerpt from Alston Moor: Its Pastoral People, Its Mines and Miners, From the Earliest Periods to Recent Times The object of the following pages is to give, in a handy. form, information relating to the Pastoral People, and to the Mines and Miners of Alston Moor, the chief portions of which exist only in expensive county histories and unpublished manuscripts. For the information relating to the Manor of Alston, and to the quantities of lead produced from the mines in ancient times, I am greatly indebted to Hodgson's History of South Tynedale. His statements bearing on the mines have been carefully sifted, and I trust this part of the work will prove interesting to readers generally. The portion on the origin of metals is the result, in a condensed form, of much labour and careful observation, in the mining districts of the North of England, during many years. It is hoped that, in connection with the facts given in my book on the Laws which Regulate the Deposition of Lead Ore, &c., , the propositions in this volume will aid miners in the selection of objects for speculation in the veins of Carboniferous rocks. In connection with chemical science they may be regarded as instantiae crucis, pointing the way to Truth's portals, through which, by future labours and researches, entrances may be obtained leading to her inner chambers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.