The Coal-fields of ScotlandBlackie, 1902 - 368 Seiten |
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Seite 243 - ... occasionally to draw breath, till they arrive at the hill or pit top, where the coals are laid down for sale; and in this manner they go for eight or ten hours almost without resting. It is no uncommon thing to see them, when ascending the pit, weeping most bitterly, from the excessive severity of the labour; but the instant they have laid down their burden on the hill, they resume their cheerfulness, and return down the pit singing.
Seite 242 - In about three hours after, his wife (attended by her daughters, if she has any sufficiently grown) sets out for the pit, having previously wrapped her infant child in a blanket, and left it to the care of an old woman, who, for a small gratuity, keeps three or four children at a time, and who, in their mothers' absence, feeds them with ale or whisky mixed with water.
Seite 242 - In those collieries where this mode is in practice, the collier leaves his house for the pit about eleven o'clock at night, (attended by his sons, if he has any sufficiently old), when the rest of mankind are retiring to rest. Their first work is to prepare coals, by hewing them down from the wall. In about three hours after, his wife (attended by her daughters, if she has any sufficiently grown) sets out for the pit, having previously wrapped her infant child in a blanket, and left it to the care...
Seite 334 - ... which all the remaining coal in Scotland will be worked out, Mr. Dron, like other calculators before him, has made estimates on the assumption of a continually increasing production till the coal has all been removed; but he adds the unquestionably just observation " that long before these dates are reached, the continued increase of the output will have received a check, and that just as the output has gradually increased, so also will it gradually diminish.
Seite 242 - ... suitable form, lays it down, and into it the large coals are rolled ; and such is the weight carried, that it frequently takes two men to lift the burden upon their backs ; the girls are loaded according to their strength. The mother sets out first, carrying a lighted candle in her teeth ; the girls follow, and in this manner they proceed to the pit-bottom, and with weary steps and slow, ascend the stairs till they arrive at the hill or pit-top, where the coals are laid down for sale ; and in...
Seite 39 - Immediately above the seam, there is a stratum of the same kind of clay, 18 inches thick ; above this 18 inches of coal ; then 20 inches of hard black slate ; and over that near 3 feet of coarse coal.
Seite 242 - The mother . . . descends the pit with her older daughters, when each, having a basket of a suitable form, lays it down, and into it the large coals are rolled : and such is the weight that it frequently takes two men to lift the burden upon their backs: the girls are loaded according to their strength.
Seite 235 - Lesmahagow cannel coal, represented by 100 (calculated on the basis of production of 13,000 cubic feet of gas and 1,535.5 pounds of sperm per ton, and having regard also to the value of secondary products and the cost of purification of the gas), the coal is equal to 111.23. In the Kentucky State mine inspector's report for 1899 ° there are some interesting comparisons given between other cannel coals of Kentucky and certain type cannels of Great Britain.
Seite 242 - ... burden upon their backs; the girls are loaded according to their strength. The mother sets out first, carrying a lighted candle in her teeth; the girls follow, and in this manner they proceed to the pit bottom, and with weary steps and slow, ascend the stairs, halting occasionally to draw breath, till they arrive at the hill or pit top, where the coals are laid down for sale; and in this manner they go for eight or ten hours almost without resting. It is no uncommon thing to see them, when...