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Index
In this section are reprints from historical documents that provide background information into the "art" of coal mining.
| Article | Year | Topic covered | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huskar Disaster | 1838 | 26 children drowned in a Pit Disaster | ||
| Children's Employment Commission |
1842 | Parliamentary Report into the employment of children in the mines. | ||
| A Treatise on the Working and Winning of Collieries |
1848 | by Matthias Dunn | ||
| School Rules | 1861 | Rules and Regulations of the Seghill Colliery Schools | ||
| Mining Occupations | var. | A brief enumeration of the employments, and a few technical terms peculiar to coal-miners | ||
| The Miners of Northumberland and Durham |
1873 | by Richard Fynes | ||
| Safety Lamps | 1893 | Describes the the attributes of the various safety lamps in use at that time | ||
| Sinking | 1893 | Sinking and sinking machines, tubbing, walling, quicksand, pneumatic, freezing, Kind-Chauldron etc. | ||
| The Elements of Coal Mining |
1917 | by Daniel Burns (illustrated) | ||
| Coal - its origin and occurrence |
1950s | It provides information on how coal was formed and where it occurs - both within Great Britain and elsewhere in the world. | ||
| Job Breakdowns | 1950s | Procedures for simple to more complex tasks | ||
