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Lead miners' soughs in Derbyshire
Author(s) -
Ford Trevor D.,
Rieuwerts Jim
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2007.00604.x
Subject(s) - geology , mining engineering , lead (geology) , excavation , archaeology , table (database) , geochemistry , paleontology , geography , computer science , data mining
Long before the science of geology was established, the Derbyshire lead miners used elementary practical geology in laying out the lines of their soughs, or drainage levels, to gain any possible advantage of easier excavation. Their objective was to lower the water table, so as to make the deeper parts of mineral veins available for exploitation.