fireclay
fire clay

A post office was established in the community in 1888 as Fireclay.

There are more than twenty deposits of refractory and fireclay.

The underlying geology is the coal measures and a bed of fireclay.

It was lined entirely with fireclay applied like plaster.

The sediment from this lake produced the fireclay seams.

The terrain in the source area of the river is rich in marble and fireclay.

The fireclay strata in the coal measures has a high alumina content.

Firebricks lining the furnace and chimney were made from good quality local fireclay.

Top quaility coal and fireclay were also found in the vicinity.

Now the project, known as Birkhill at Fireclay, is finally being built.

The arm rose from flames, indicative of mining of fireclay and coal.

In the past the quarries have also been worked (on a much smaller scale) for coal, fireclay and limestone.

Among the region's geological resources are kaolinite, fireclay and mica.

The Openshaw mine above the Charlotte was worked for fireclay.

Other minerals included granite, limestone, ironstone and fireclay.

Sebastian nodded thoughtfully, he knew it took time to heat cold furnaces without cracking the linings of fireclay.

Others include fireclay, silica brick, and carbon brick.

Industry in the area declined through the 20th century, with the last fireclay level closing in the late 1960s.

Because of the scarcity of nearby forests, the city was made of tile, brick, and fireclay.

The factory utilises fireclay, which is an abundant local resource, to make bricks and chimney flues.

Falkirk Council announced in February 2013 that the Fireclay mine would close permanently.

Traditionally saggars were made primarily from fireclay.

Fireclay was also worked at Perceton.

The roasted ore is next mixed with half its weight of powdered coal and charged into fireclay retort furnaces.

He was born at the family home, Newhouse, an estate house nearby the fireclay mine which the family owned.