It is widely believed that the employment of children underground in coal mines ended in 1842. This book, in contrast, shows that young people remained an impor

In 1890, more than 100,000 Welsh-born immigrants resided in the United States. A majority of them were skilled laborers from the coal mines of Wales who had bee

Colliery horses and pit ponies once powered the coal mining industry. This book reveals the suffering and injuries, but also tells us how miners bravely - somet

No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday – and what happened to mining c

The extraordinary story of the two early collieries at Neston, in west Cheshire, has been largely overlooked by historians. Yet, for a time the main coal mine,