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Diamond Rock Boring Co

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1872 Public company formed to acquire the business of the Machine Tunnelling Co, formed for trial purposes in 1870[1]

1873 Working the patents of Major Beaumont for diamond drillng machine[2]

1873 the company was engaged in boring for coal in the north of England. Mr. Gulland became Secretary to the Company, and Mr. Belsham was appointed Manager of the Darlington District, who developed a method of taking cores from coal; this was eventually taken over by the Diamond Rock Boring Co.

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, Dec 07, 1872
  2. ↑ The Times, Aug 23, 1873
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