Memoirs of the Geological Survey Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain

Abstract

THESE two volumes complete the series of six volumes devoted to an account of the iron ores of Great Britain, which will probably form the most enduring monument of Sir Aubrey Strahan's tenure of the Directorship of the Geological Survey. We now need only an account of the iron ores of Ireland, which are far from being negligible, in order to complete our knowledge of the iron-ore resources of the British Isles; the iron industry of this country is deeply indebted to Sir Aubrey Strahan for the invaluable information which he has placed at oits disposal in this series of reports. It cannot be suggested that the work has been done before its time; the last official account of British iron ores was issued so far back as 1856 to 1862, when Sir Roderick I. Murchison was Director of the Geological Survey, and this consisted for the most part of a collection of analyses of ores made under the direction of Dr. John Percy.

Memoirs of the Geological Survey. Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain.

Vol. xii., Iron Ores (continued). Bedded Ores of the Lias, Oolites, and Later Formations in England. By G. W. Lamplugh, C. B. Wedd, and J. Pringle. 1920. 12s. 6d. Vol. xiii., Iron Ores (continued). Pre-Carboniferous and Carboniferous Bedded Ores of England and Wales. By Sir A. Strahan, Dr. W: Gibson, T. C. Cantrill, Dr. R. L. Sherlock, and Henry Dewey. 1920. 7s. 6d. (His Majesty's Stationery Office.)