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The Pit Sinkers of Northumberland and Durham (Paperback, New)
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The Pit Sinkers of Northumberland and Durham (Paperback, New)
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Shaft sinking for the extraction of minerals has taken place for
centuries, and for much of this time, coal mining was carried out
in the North East of England. Various methods of pit sinking
developed from the use of shallow bell pits to the excavation of
deep shafts, in order to access rich seams of coal and other
minerals for sale in rapidly urbanising areas such as London. In
the close mining communities of Northumberland and Durham, those
who dug the initial shafts, the sinkers themselves, were regarded
as the mining elite. This book not only tells the story of mining
itself, through upheaval and technological developments, but also
focuses on the lives of miners and their families above ground in
the emerging pit towns adn villages; places where religion adn
miners' galas were an integral part of life. Peter Ford Mason,
descended from three generations of County Durham miners, has
written a fascinating investigation onto miming society, which
makes a compelling read for anyone interested in the social history
of the North East or the mining industry as a whole.
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