...considered, as a collection of land-marks for further guidance, they ate of little if any value : — " It is obvious that many collieries, which are now open, will, sooner or later, be shut up, and be dormant for various and indefinite periods; and the probability is, that, in many cases, all knowledge...

...considered as a collection of land-marks for further guidance, they are of lillle if any value : — " It is obvious that many collieries, which are now open, will, sooner or later, be shut up, and be dormant for various and indefinite periods; and the probability is, that, in many cases, all knowledge...

...necessity which exists for improved methods of preserving mining records. ' It is obvious,' he states, ' that many collieries which are now open will sooner...ignorant or even more so than those who first opened them. It is not necessary,' he continues, ' that I should dwell on the extent of the LOSS OF PROPERTY...

...their workings." Mr. Buddie, in referring to the coal-mines of Durham and Northumberland, states : " It is obvious that many collieries which are now open...of the dykes which intersect them may be lost, and the parties having to re-open them may be as ignorant, or even more so, than those who first opened...