The Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society

(1) TO EXPLORE, RESEARCH, MAINTAIN ACCESS TO AND PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE THOSE HISTORIC INDUSTRIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS INCLUDING ALL FORMS OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL, HAND WRITTEN, PRINTED AND ORAL AS MAY EXIST IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBRIA, AND ELSEWHERE, IN THE FORM OF MINING AND QUARRYING REMAINS AND RELATED INDUSTRIAL WORKINGS, BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF CUMBRIA, AND ELSEWHERE, IN PARTICULAR THE HISTORY OF MINING AND QUARRYING, ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED ARCHAEOLOGY, MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY BY PUBLISHING BOOKS OR PAMPHLETS OR IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE MANNER TO MAKE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC THE EXISTENCE OF BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF PARTICULAR HISTORICAL, CULTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST, WITH THE EMPHASIS ON MINING AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES.