"Ueber den Steinkohlenbergbau in England, gesammelt auf einer Reise in den Jahren 1826 und 1827"

Name of traveller

Carl von Oeynhausen (1795-1865) and Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen (1800-1889)

Reason for travel

• study of coal mining in Britain

Date of travel

1826-27

In der That ist auch Süd-Wales die einzige Gegend in England, wo grosse und bedeutende Kohleförderungen noch über Stollen statt finden, sonst muss überall die Ausrichtung mittelst Schächten und Wasserhaltungsmaschinen bewirkt werden. (Oeynhausen and Dechen 22)

Content

• industry:
  • industry and trade recognised as foundations of wealth in comparison to the rest of the world
  • natural abundance of and ease of access to coal as the basis for all industrial development
  • south Wales area identified as containing the most important coal fields in Britain
  • south Wales described as the only area with significant coal mining activities above ground
  • analysis of the properties of various types of coals found in south Wales
  • identification of a great number of coal seams by their names, distribution and their individual properties
• territory:
  • conflation of Wales and England
  • detailed overview of geological particularities between north and south Wales and with respect to the distribution and quantities of various coals
  • geological description of south Wales valleys, their layout and the properties of the coal seams in the area
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Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

scientific study

Citation

Oeynhausen, C[arl] v[on] and [Heinrich] v[on] Dechen. "Ueber den Steinkohlenbergbau in England, gesammelt auf einer Reise in den Jahren 1826 und 1827." Archiv für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Bergbau und Hüttenkunde 5.1 (1832): 3-137. Print.