The control over marble and metal resources was of major importance to the Roman Empire. Alfred Hirt's comprehensive study defines the organizational outlines a

​Over the millennia, from stone tools among early foragers to clays to prized metals and mineral pigments used by later groups, mineral resources have had a p

Quarrying and all other branches of surface mining rather than diminishing in importance have become of more and more consequence economically, industrially and

Underground mine and quarry workings are to be found in all counties in England. This little-seen and often exciting world has workings that are different from