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- 15:08, 9 April 2026 South Wales summary results (hist | edit) [3,690 bytes] Dbk (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==South Wales== ===Regional summary=== In South Wales, 25 sites have been sampled for methane in the two main aquifers, the Carboniferous limestone and the Coal Measures sandstones. * In the UK, the Carboniferous limestone is a principal aquifer and groundwater flows rapidly through a network of fractures, conduits and caves. In South Wales, this aquifer is not used for public supply, although it provides many private supplies. The Carboniferous limestone outcrops south...")
- 19:52, 8 April 2026 Museum of Practical Geology - a descriptive guide (1867 edition) (hist | edit) [564,462 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= A descriptive guide to the Museum of Practical Geology, with notices of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, The Royal School of Mines, and the Mining Record Office. = By Robert Hunt, F.R.S., Keeper of Mining Records, and F. W. Rudler, Assistant Curator. Third Edition. Revised and partly re-written. London: Printed By George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers To The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1867. Price Six...")
- 20:07, 2 April 2026 Mining Record Office — sources on the origin of the MRO (hist | edit) [18,787 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= Mining Record Office — sources on the origin of the MRO = == Timeline == {| class="wikitable" |- || 1836 || The initial impetus for the establishment of the Mining Records Office came from a great mining disaster that happened in Co. Durham in 1836, when water from old workings burst into a mine and many miners lost their lives. |- || 1838 || At a British Association Meeting in Newcastle in 1838 Sopwith read a paper urging the importance of collecting and preservi...")