Draft
Constitution
Latest revision, for
comment
Please return your
responses
to the Chairman
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As of May 2009, the WMS/WMPT pages www.welshmines.org
now
reside on a dedicated host. During the transfer some reorganising has
occured, so if you had links or favorites to specific pages, these will
now need updating.
Note also that the officers of the society can be e-mailed using editor@welshmines.org
etc., see links right.
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For details of our insurance, visit the
BCA
web site.
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Want to learn about the Welsh
Mines Society ?
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Steve Oliver
Tribute to a member and
former Director of the Trust
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British Geological Survey
- search for the
oldest mining map. Read the Press
Release.
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Caver Fatality in Coal Mine
Download and read Coal
Authority report.
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The WMS
is a member of the National Association of
Mining History Organisations (NAMHO). To
see what they do,
click
here !
Next NAMHO
conference, is to be based
around Alderley Edge, Cheshire
29thJune - 1stJuly 2012
Hosted by Derbyshire Caving Club.
More details here
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Comments or
suggestions about these pages ?
please email
Mike Munro Webmaster.
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Visit the web pages of the Welsh
Mines
Preservation Trust
Visit
the Welshmines.org guestbook and leave a message...
'Spirit of
the miners'
Since replaced by
'PLWM'
David
Bick's field notes Compiled during research for his
publications including
'The
Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales'
NOTE : This is still currently
'under construction' -
update in progress 2009
Read
David Bick's very first book - 'The Bick Wagon'
Made available with help and approval of William Bick.
Contains several
references to Davids mining adventures
Just
got on the Net ? Struggling to find what you want in the mining
history arena ? Then click here
!
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Like to discuss mining history with other like
minded individuals ?
Then sign on to the
Mining
History Network discussion list.
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The
Mining Journal
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| About the
Welsh
Mines Society
The Welsh Mines Society arose in June 1979
out of an informal
meeting of subscribers to David Bicks' Old Metal Mines of
Mid-Wales. Sadly
David died in January of 2006, (Obituaries : by GWHall
& SJSHughes) but his influence on the research and
preservation
of Welsh mining history will never be lost.
From the start our ambitions have been modest enough - we
never
set out to do anything in particular, and, judging by attendance's (to
our twice yearly field meets), we have succeeded pretty well.
Although we sought to do so little, much in
fact has been done.
Several (mining) sites have benefited from our labours, we have hosted
NAMHO, and the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust, born of the WMS in 1991,
has achieved a great deal. In addition, several members have
worked
closely with Cadw and the Royal Commission on Historical Buildings in
recording
and preservation. And during the last 40 years our interests
have
broadened into slate and even coal as well.
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