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This pair of mixed media earrings is made out of resin-ed paper in the form of an old world map, 20 and 18 gauge brass wires augmented by fire, 19 gauge annealed steel wire, hand-dyed saree, Howlite and Pyrite beads.
* the earrings are approx 3.5 inches in length (including earwires)
* the earwires are 20 gauge brass wires handformed and also augmented by fire
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Map by Arrow Maps, folding out from the inner rear cover of a dictionary-style street guide. Published for a local magazine distributor.
Map by Alfred Weiner. Map is glued onto the inner rear cover of a card stock cover; the cover features ads from small, local merchants. North is to the left.
Map by Geographia Maps. Neither JFK (Idlewild) or LaGuardia Airports had been built yet, and the land those airports occupy was still occupied by densely constructed neighborhoods. Gray-on-white printing is difficult to read.
Located above Maesycymmer. The four Levels arrowed.
The part-workings of Gelli-deg Isaph Colliery are top left.
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Site of present day Treherbert.
Un-named colliery (coal pit) highlighted. It would be interesting to know which seam(s) this mine worked - at this locality the No.3 Rhondda seam lies at a shallow depth.
Given the lack of transport at that time in this remote area it is probable the coal was for local consumption amongst the farms using pack mules/horses along the rough tracks.(I would have thought an adit mine into the higher No.1 & 2 Rhondda seams would have been more economic rather than a pit)
Any thoughts on the identity of this mine will be appreciated.
Map by H. E. Gross. Enormous map, glued into the right side of a pale green card stock cover, which extends into St. Louis County.
Sunk 1870 by D. Davies & Co. Ltd. Closed 1965/66.
At this time - 1875 - ventilation was by furnace at pit bottom to be replaced later with a 45ft. dia. Waddle fan. The coaling shaft was 200yds. deep and the output some 600 tons per day.
Report of 1891 :- "the two shafts are 73 yds. apart, the downcast, oval, 18' x 10' and the upcast 13' dia. both cased with bricks throughout. Steam provided by six boilers."
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Map by MAPCO. North is to the right - the map is printed sideways, and orienting it so that north would be the top margin would make half the lettering upside down.
OS One Inch Map - the blue markers indicate the Abergavenny & Hereford tramway - horsedrawn at that time.
The tramway commenced at Govilon Wharf, Abergavenny, in 1814 and progressed in three sections to completion here at Hereford in September 1829 - the date of this survey.
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Located near Ystrad Mynach.
The Level (arrowed) with the lower surface buildings highlighted.
The location of the adit now lies at depth directly beneath the Horse Sculpture on Penallta tip.
This mine worked the Mynyddislwyn seam beyond the Gelligaer Fault.
Also to be seen is an earlier Level & tramway to the right of this adit.
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Cover illustration. Atlas geográfico de la República Mexicana, 1929.
Image id: SDNHM_Maps_republica_Mexicana
Map by Dolph Map Co. Map is glued to the inside right side of a card stock cover; the map folds out of the protective cover; this is the reverse side of the St Petersburg map.