National Association of Mining History Organisations
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The National Association of Mining History Organisations, or NAMHO, was formed in 1979 to promote the interests of mining
historians and those organisations which seek to preserve the relics
of the mining past of the United Kingdom
. There are currently over sixty member organisations which probably represents about 4,000 persons.
NAMHO acts as a national pressure group and a liaison between member organisations. It encourages improvement in research techniques and safety, and devises guidelines and codes of practice on subjects such as collection of minerals at mineral sites, archive research, mine exploration, bat
habitats, problems with radon gas underground and the removal of objects from mines and mine sites. NAMHO also organises a biennial conference and in alternate years a national field event.
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
historians and those organisations which seek to preserve the relics
Industrial heritage
Industrial heritage is an aspect of cultural heritage dealing specifically with the buildings and artifacts of industry which are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations, often forming a significant attraction for tourism.The...
of the mining past of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. There are currently over sixty member organisations which probably represents about 4,000 persons.
NAMHO acts as a national pressure group and a liaison between member organisations. It encourages improvement in research techniques and safety, and devises guidelines and codes of practice on subjects such as collection of minerals at mineral sites, archive research, mine exploration, bat
Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
habitats, problems with radon gas underground and the removal of objects from mines and mine sites. NAMHO also organises a biennial conference and in alternate years a national field event.