Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

Coal Mining: No. 3 (Shire Library) - Hayes, Geoff - Picture 1 of 1

Coal Mining by G. Hayes (Paperback, 2000)

4.01 product rating

WeBuyBooks (2494311)

99.5% positive Feedback

Price:

£3.87

Free postage

Estimated delivery Wed, 11 Jun - Fri, 13 Jun

Returns:

30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

Like New

Publisher : Shire Publications. Author : Hayes, Geoff. Dust cover is intact and pages are clean and not marred by notes. Item may contain remainder marks on outside edges. Genre : Mining industry. Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable).

About this product

Product Information

This book tells how mines evolved from simple bell pits into extensive networks of shafts and tunnels and extending deep underground. It describes the methods used to drive tunnels through the rock and the machines that were developed to cut the coal. It explains how the coal was transported from the coalface to the shaft, a task performed variously by women or children with sleds of baskets, pit ponies, rope haulage systems, conveyors and locomotives, and it describes the winding engines used to lower men and equipment into the mine and to bring them and the coal back to the surface.