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The Pit Sinkers of Northumberland and Durham
Peter Ford Mason
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Description for The Pit Sinkers of Northumberland and Durham
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; 1DBKEYN; KNAT; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 11. Weight in Grams: 412.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752480947
SKU
V9780752480947
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99-10
About Peter Ford Mason
Peter Ford Mason is a retired civil engineer living in the Wirral, but is originally from County Durham. He is descended from three generations of miners; his great-grandfather was a master pit sinker who died sinking a shaft in 1885. This will be his first book for The History Press.
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