E-raamat: Our Coal and Coal Pits [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

Prefatory Observations, Coal and Gold Consequences of Contiguity to
Coal-fields, Products of the Principal Coal Countries, Number of British
Collieries, and their Produce Area of British Coal-fields, Summary of their
Localities and Contents, What Coal is, and its Vegetable Origin GÖpperts
Experiments on Fossil Plants, Summary of GÖpperts Essay on the Formation of
Coal Imagined Vegetation from which Coal was formed, Calculation of amount of
Vegetation in Coal Deposition of a Coal-field, The Drift Theory, and its
Difficulties, Why Coal is confined to certain Localities, How Coal lies in
the Earth: Coal-fields or Basins Dislocations in Coal-fields: Faults,
Dykes, Slips, &c. Starting for the North, its Sights and Scenery Newcastle,
the Metropolis of Coal Richard Grainger, his Genius and Creations First and
General Aspect of the Colliery District, The River Tyne: its Course, its
Coals, its Keels, and Keelmen The Staiths, and Mode of Shipping the Coal:
Fleets, Steam, and Railway, Annual Coal Trade of the Tyne, Wear, and Tees
Rivers The Great Northumbrian and Durham Coal-field: its Approaches,
Boundaries, and Contents. How long will the Coal last? No Mining Records,
Computations Discovery of the Durham Coalfield beneath the Limestone
Unsuccessful Trials for Coal, The Winning of the Coal, or How to Get at It
Boring for Experiment, with Illustrations Sinking the Shafts: Expenses of
Shafts Water in Shaft-Sinking: Lining, Tubbing, &c. Difficult and Costly
Winnings, Winning of Gosforth Colliery A Grand Ball in a Coal-pit, The
Winning at Pembertons Shaft, near Sunderland, Steam Power in Collieries:
Pumping and Winding Engines, Pumps, &c. . Amount of Capital Invested and
Profits Returned in Northern Collieries, The Coal Won Final Arrangements,
Methods of Excavating the Coal Method of, Working Coal on the Newcastle
System Royalties and Rents of the Northern Coal-field Pillars and their
Dimensions, Creeps and Thursts, and Drawing the Pillars Descent and
Description of the Deepest Coal-pit in Britain The Journey to Sunderland
Preparation for the Descent Descent of the Shaft Description of Shaft:
Cause of its Depth Commence Journey: Horses and Drivers Doors, and their
Little Keepers: Boys, and their Hardships The Trappers Petition Further
Progress in the Pit Various Labours of Lads Putting the Coal The
Hewers, their Work and Wages Marvels and Meditations in the Recesses
Return, Ascent of Shaft, the Banksman Bruce the Traveller Under Ground
Temperature of Mines Night-work at the P it: a Night Scene Numbers, and their
Dependents, employed at Collieries Analysis of a great Colliery
Establishment, South Hetton Rate of Salaries, Wages, and Earnings, Discipline
and Duties in the Mines, Habitations of Pitmen and Pit Villages, Evening in a
Pit Village, Physical and Domestic Condition of Pitmen, Costume of Pitmen
Ancient and Modern , Strikes of the Pitmen, and Striking Sketches;
Education in the Colliery Districts, Religion among the Pitmen Moral
Character of Pitmen, Vices of Pitmen Economy and Forethought of Pitmen,
Contrast between Scotch and English Colliers, Ascent of Pitmen in the Social
Scale ,George Stephenson a Biography in Brief Higher Education in the
Mining Districts

J. R. Leifchild