| 单词 | colliery |
| 例句 | “A colliery,” remarks Uncle, with a twinkle of the eye. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a former colliery with beautiful walks, a play park, a miniature railway, lakes and watercress beds to hop across. Great parks and green spaces in the UK: readers’ travel tips 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z But the Way We Were museum, featuring a Victorian schoolroom and colliery, closed in 2007 and has stood empty ever since. Wigan Pier 2011-02-20T00:04:14Z When the last coalfield in County Durham closed over 15 years ago, there were fears that the proud tradition of the colliery band would perish alongside it. The Miners' Hymn 2010-07-16T20:45:00Z On the other side of the colliery tracks is the Fairchild family. Your next box set: Brass 2012-05-24T15:00:01Z Graham decided that he wanted to write and had a play about the 1966 Aberfan colliery disaster performed at the Edinburgh festival fringe. Ranald Graham obituary 2010-09-16T18:14:00Z Paintings of a colliery and of a miners' pub, by the pitman painter Norman Cornish, hang on the walls. Maggie's cancer care centre, Newcastle – review 2013-05-18T23:05:22Z His notable films included the 1996 film Brassed Off, in which he played the leader of colliery band in a Yorkshire community devastated by mine closures. Pete Postlethwaite dies 2011-01-03T11:25:47Z There were more atavistic stirrings at the gym – here reimagined as a surrogate shipyard or colliery in which post-industrial man puts in a shift of hard graft in the eyes of his peers. Rewind TV: All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry; The Secret History of Our Streets; The Apprentice 2012-06-09T23:05:47Z Dad worked in the colliery, he was always away. The Spirit of '45: 'The poverty was dreadful' 2013-03-02T21:17:20Z Compare it to, say, Mark Herman's Brassed Off from 1996: saving the colliery band is the key thing, but mine closures themselves are a given. Film review: Made in Dagenham 2010-09-30T10:59:00Z From the middle of the 19th century until the 1990s, Durham was the site of hundreds of collieries with atmospheric names like Akleyheads Pit and Yew Tree Drift. Movie Review: Bill Morrison Documents the Reign of Old King Coal 2012-02-07T23:42:16Z Twenty years or so later he and I, together with the one surviving founder member, Oliver Kilbourn, placed the group's collection of paintings in the former Woodhorn colliery, by then relegated to museum status. George Stephenson obituary 2011-02-01T17:57:50Z Hundreds of properties lie on old colliery spoil sites, with Welsh ministers drawing a list of 350 tips at highest risk and needing regular checks. Coal tips in Wales: New maps reveal 350 sites most at risk 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Originally he only had plans for a single show, but phenomenal demand meant two more nights were organised at the colliery to accommodate his fans. Clipstone Headstocks: Classical pianist plays three gigs at ex-colliery 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z In the centre of Clay Cross are two old colliery winding wheels. Local elections 2023: Conservatives hope to retain red wall gains 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The families of four miners who died in a colliery disaster nearly 12 years ago have said an inquest will give them the answers they need. Gleision: Families want answers 12 years after disaster 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z "The collieries put on their own work buses, so that wasn't a problem," he says. Bus cuts: How a city's bus service was quietly cut in half 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z The tips are a legacy of decades of coal mining in Wales, which at its peak in the early 20th Century saw 620 collieries operating. Coal tips in Wales: New maps reveal 350 sites most at risk 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Owner of Clipstone Headstocks, Stuart Mills, bought the former colliery in 2020 and has plans to transform the site into a visitor attraction. Clipstone Headstocks: Classical pianist plays three gigs at ex-colliery 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z A full inquest will be held into the deaths of four miners in a south Wales colliery disaster 11 years ago. Gleision: Families granted full inquest into men's mining deaths 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z In Murton, about six miles from Sunderland, a big, black pit wheel stands as a memorial to the village's former colliery. Ken Loach inspired by the North East for film The Old Oak 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z He said he had never heard colliery brass before, but it had changed my life. Happy Mondays: Wales saved my life, says Bez 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z The tragedy in the village of Aberfan saw a total of 116 children and 28 adults killed when a colliery spoil tip collapsed, engulfing a primary school and surrounding houses on 21 October 1966. Coal tips in Wales: New maps reveal 350 sites most at risk 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z A monument in tribute to 57 miners who died while working at the colliery was unveiled at a 100th anniversary fundraising event last year. Clipstone Headstocks: Classical pianist plays three gigs at ex-colliery 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Since 1915, the Red Ash colliery has been burning beneath the hills near Wilkes-Barre, and dozens of other fires smolder in abandoned coal mines. Opinion | Why Mastriano’s candidacy presents a special danger to the nation 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z A total of 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil tip collapsed, catastrophically engulfing a primary school and surrounding houses on 21 October 1966. Aberfan disaster: The Queen's regret after tragedy 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z The search for 10 Mexican miners trapped in a flooded colliery could take between six and 11 months, relatives say they have been told. Search for trapped Mexico miners could take almost a year - relatives 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The colliery is the only producer of high-grade anthracite in western Europe and supplies the nearby Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot. Extinction Rebellion activists occupy Aberpergwm coal mine in expansion protest 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Last year, nine miners plunged to deaths when a steel elevator cable broke at a colliery in a part of Donbas controlled by pro-Russia separatists. Coal Dust and Methane Below, Russian Bombs Above 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z By looking at people on the picket lines, miners in the collieries and the police officers facing both sides, Graham says the drama aims to re-examine the seismic struggle from all angles. Sherwood - the Nottinghamshire strike that divided a town 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z The society was set up to preserve the line after the colliery closed in 1965 and they were keen to tell its story, he added. Foxfield Railway: Vandals cause £25k damage at heritage attraction 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z “We will introduce a program of increased coal extraction in Poland’s collieries,” Morawiecki said. Poland’s PM pushes for more coal to lower heating costs 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z It was the second colliery accident in just four days in the coal mining region around the town of Jastrzebie-Zdroj, near the Czech border. 10 miners missing after tremor at 2nd coal mine in Poland 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Her brother Ron had just left school, taking a job at the colliery in nearby Risca, in Caerphilly county... "and he bought me this with his first pay packet". The Easter egg that's gone uneaten for more than 70 years 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z China approved the expansion of hundreds of collieries last year, involving an annual capacity increase of about 420 million tonnes. China sees biggest growth in energy and coal use since 2011 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Families of four men killed in a colliery disaster more than 10 years ago said they were furious at delays in deciding whether to hold an inquest. Gleision mine deaths: Families' 10-year wait for inquest 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The European court had ordered Poland to close the colliery pending its ruling, and has been imposing a fine of 500,000 euros for each day the mine continues to operate. Poland, Czech governments sign deal on lignite mine 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Calls by a Welsh government minister to scrap a mining licence at Aberpergwm colliery near Glynneath have been criticised as "ludicrous" by a union. Climate change: 'Ludicrous' to scrap Aberpergwm mining licence - union 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z "I have been privy to some of the plans laid out for the colliery," he said. Climate change: Welsh ministers demand scrapping of mining licence 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Jamuna Munda is squatting by a smoky outdoor stove in a makeshift slum on the edge of a colliery. Climate change: Why India can't live without coal 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The families of four miners who died in a south Wales colliery disaster 10 years ago are calling for an inquest. Gleision: Call for inquest into mining disaster 10 years on 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The planning inspector is considering West Cumbria Mining's application for the colliery near Whitehaven. Whitehaven coal mine: Plans attacked at inquiry 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Wayne Evans, NUM general secretary for south Wales, said that if the colliery was shut, steel companies would have to import it instead. Climate change: 'Ludicrous' to scrap Aberpergwm mining licence - union 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Other portraits were taken in the former mining town Yubari, once known as the country's capital of coal, now devastated by colliery closures and depopulation. Taylor Wessing Prize 2021: Shortlisted photographers revealed 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Labour MP Mr Lavery, who worked at Lynemouth and Ellington collieries in the North East, said: "This was not a gaffe and I don't think he should apologise and add insult to injury." PM's coal mining 'joke' no laughing matter, say MPs 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The county council at first approved the colliery, and the government decided not to challenge the decision. Climate change: Six questions about the Cumbria coal controversy 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z The county council approved the colliery, and the government decided not the challenge the decision. Climate change: Six questions about the Cumbria coal controversy 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z "If the coal from this colliery is stopped from going into British steel, or Tata Steel, that will be replaced with coal coming from Indonesia or Australia, halfway across the world," he said. Climate change: 'Ludicrous' to scrap Aberpergwm mining licence - union 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Skewen lies within an old coal mining hotspot, with several former colliery sites near the village as coal was mined in the 19th and early 20th Century. Skewen flood: Firefighters return to flood-hit village with pumps 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Her father, Alfred, the son and grandson of miners, started work in the local colliery at 14, and lost his job when the mine closed down in the 1960s. 'Trump thought I was a secretary': Fiona Hill on the president, Putin and populism 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z An outbreak among miners and their families at the Zofiowka colliery in southern Poland accounted for two-thirds of that figure. Surge in Polish coronavirus cases linked to mine 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Moore was one of eight children in a mining family in Castleford, a colliery town in Yorkshire, a place he would later sketch to document the war effort. The convergence of a photographer and a sculptor 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z He was 10 when the last colliery closed in the Amman Valley. From coal to coffee in ex-mining town 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z There were colliery sites in the village near what is now Drumau Road, in the north of the village and another close to Old Road, near Neath Abbey. Skewen flood: Firefighters return to flood-hit village with pumps 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z A walk by the colliery will start at 10:00 GMT ahead of the unveiling of two steel statues at Audley Methodist Church. Memorial to mark death of 80 in flooded mine 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Tens of millions of pounds was paid in compensation to the previous owners for their assets - the mines, colliery plants and all the equipment. What are nationalisation and privatisation? 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z The West Cumbria Mining Company wants to mine next to the site of the former colliery in Whitehaven that shut three decades ago. First new deep mine in decades approved 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Four people died in Mold, Flintshire, 150 years ago, during riots which started when an English manager of a colliery brought in English workers and cut Welsh miners' wages. Riots recreated 150 years on in street theatre 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z At the Dearne Valley leisure centre, built on top of the colliery after it was filled in back in 1986, Bob Davis broke into superlatives at the mere mention of her name. 'She has listened to us': constituents back Labour rebel Caroline Flint 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z “So many groups have been thrown under the bus by Trump, you have to stand in solidarity with them,” said Baber, originally from the former colliery town of Ashington, County Durham. ‘We’re making a stand’: banner brigade prepares blunt message for Trump visit 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s a series of photographs about culture and social life in the former coalfield areas of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and the evolution of old colliery sites from places of industry to landscapes of leisure. David Severn's best photograph: men hunting rabbits for beer 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sounded the death knell for the industry in the mid-1980s when she defeated a bitter year-long miners’ strike against plans to close collieries and eliminate jobs. Britain set for first coal-power free week in over a century 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The colliery's long gone and it's now the site of a Sport Direct warehouse. Is the UK economy at a new moment of sea-change? 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The mine operated until 1988, when a fire on the main conveyor ultimately forced Bethlehem Steel to shut down the colliery. Blight a major issue facing rural communities 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z And overnight Friday, news emerged of the deaths of 13 miners in an explosion at a colliery in the Czech Republic. Germany Closes Its Last Black Coal Mine 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The Land Trust owns and manages many former colliery sites that have been converted into public spaces. Old coal mines 'perfect' food farms 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z At the end of the communist era almost 30 years ago, some 400,000 people were employed in 70 collieries. Coal mining's future divides Poles ahead of climate talks 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Datong was one of China’s major coal producing regions for decades, but many of its collieries are now depleted. China coal city vows 'no-coal zones' in bid to curb pollution 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z On the morning of 21 October 1966, Hettie Williams - then known as Miss Taylor - was teaching her first year class when the colliery waste began to slide down the hillside above the village. Aberfan hero schoolteacher dies aged 75 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z For just eighteen months later, on June 10th 1869, another explosion occurred at the fated colliery, this time killing 53 men and boys. Ferndale pit explosion: 150 years on 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z In December 1866 a colliery in Barnsley was ripped apart by a series of explosions over two days, killing at least 361 men and boys, in what remains England's worst mining disaster. The forgotten mining disaster that claimed 361 lives 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z The mine, though, is geographically removed from Glencore's main collieries, leaving it less economic from a shipping standpoint. Glencore puts second coal mine on block amid corporate rethink 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Enter the Experience Barnsley museum, for example, and you are immediately confronted by a different colliery banner, this one depicting a miner mounting a sort of heavenly staircase toward a glowing orb marked “Socialism”. From rust belt to mill towns: a tale of two voter revolts | Thomas Frank 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z "I remember working in both collieries either side of the valley, one with my father, and it was a race home to get in the tin bath before him," he recalls. Ricky Valance: First Welshman to have number one hit releases final song - BBC News 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The jury subsequently recommended inspections every three months, and the introduction of "scientific instruments for measuring the quantity and quality of air passing through the colliery". Ferndale pit explosion: 150 years on 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z On the fateful morning of 12 December, more than 300 workers started their shifts at The Oaks colliery in Hoyle Mill. The forgotten mining disaster that claimed 361 lives 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z The mine, though, is geographically removed from Glencore's main collieries, leaving it less economic from a shipping standpoint. Glencore puts second coal mine on block amid corporate rethink 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Barnsley Main colliery eventually took over the workings of the Oaks Colliery, with the surviving engine house and the pithead structures Grade II listed. Oaks Colliery disaster: Victims remembered 150 years on - BBC News 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Now nearly 120 years on, Alexandra Dock, which was built to export coal from Yorkshire collieries, is reinventing itself within the energy industry, replacing coal with renewables. City of optimism: Hull relishes Siemens investment boost - BBC News 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Once more, recommendations called for greater safety inspections and for all colliery officials to sit mining exams. Ferndale pit explosion: 150 years on 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The warning, in a report in early November, came as informal data have shown sharp increases in colliery casualties this year, with November the deadliest month so far. China Warns of Safety Risks as Rally in Coal Price Spurs Mining 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z "He moved from colliery to colliery, constantly improving himself and life for his family." US Election 2016: Hillary Clinton's English mining roots - BBC News 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The village was devastated in 1966 when a colliery waste tip collapsed, with slurry engulfing Pantglas Junior School on the last day before half term. Wales football team marks Aberfan disaster anniversary - BBC News 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z On 21 October 1966, the village was devastated when a colliery waste tip collapsed, with slurry engulfing Pantglas Junior School on the last day before half term. Aberfan disaster 50th anniversary concert in Cardiff - BBC News 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z National Union of Mineworkers leader Arthur Scargill and striking colliery workers also joined in. Grunwick dispute: What did the 'strikers in saris' achieve? - BBC News 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Within the constituency, there were significant concerns that local collieries and rural schools were threatened with closure, while farmers worried about small business taxes. Plaid Cymru's first MP 'helped change course of a nation' - BBC News 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Jack Greenwell's move to Spain in 1912 caused amazement among his neighbours in Crook, a colliery town in County Durham's Wear Valley. Jack Greenwell: From Durham miner to Barcelona FC coach - BBC News 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z The bosses of Milton colliery are delighted when the Prince of Wales agrees to visit and they begin to spend on a “top show” – painting the offices and planting flowers. Barry Hines obituary: author of A Kestrel for a Knave 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z "The football pitches where we played were created on the ash tip from the colliery and these were our first training grounds - our very own Wembley," he said. Lottery cash for Charlton and Milburn boyhood football park - BBC News 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z That may be true but that was when there were more than 20 collieries in Wales and a steel industry much larger than it is now. Economy could be boosted by new WDA, Plaid Cymru says - BBC News 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z During my first visits to the colliery, anger and bitterness were the overriding emotions. Kellingley miners remember life at UK's last deep pit - BBC News 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z A memorial to the dead miners is being transferred from the colliery to the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield. Closure of Kellingley pit brings deep coal mining to an end - BBC News 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z On 18 December, miners at Kellingley colliery in North Yorkshire will work their final shift, bringing to an end centuries of deep pit coal mining in Britain. Working underground: 'It's a different, alien environment' - BBC News 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It is thought the latest report may refer to militants linked to the incident at the Sogan colliery in Asku on 18 September. Chinese forces 'used flamethrowers' in Xinjiang operation - BBC News 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z It is the first official report of the 18 September incident at the Sogan colliery in Asku that killed 16 people. Chinese forces kill 28 people 'responsible for Xinjiang mine attack' - BBC News 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Villages were sometimes created around collieries, which supported clubs, bands and, in earlier decades, schools and hospitals. Lights Out in Britain for the Coal Industry 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Miners at North Yorkshire colliery are working their final shifts as the closure of the pit brings an end to centuries of deep coal mining in Britain. Closure of Kellingley pit brings deep coal mining to an end - BBC News 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z "Although from time to time the colliery could call on us to do simple tasks, like cleaning conveyor belts - but not very often." The Brassed Off band make a comeback after avoiding closure again - BBC News 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z In 1896, a miner named William Walters spent the day in the pub after a dream which correctly informed him there would be a fatal accident at the colliery where he worked in south Wales. Viewpoint: Why don't people talk about their dreams? - BBC News 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Relatives of men killed in the Six Bells colliery disaster in Abertillery are fighting plans to build a £7.2m school on the memorial site. Six Bells mine disaster relatives' bid to stop school plan - BBC News 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z That notion was shattered 30 years ago, when plans to close collieries deemed uneconomical led to a confrontation between the miners and the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Lights Out in Britain for the Coal Industry 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Coking took place in plants, mostly attached to collieries and steelworks, from the 1950s to the early 1980s. Ex-National Coal Board coke workers' legal bid landmark - BBC News 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Banners from the former colliery villages were paraded through the city, as brass bands played. Durham Miners' Gala attracts tens of thousands - BBC News 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Since 1871 scores of banners new and old - each one representing a colliery community - have been paraded through the streets of Durham as part of the city's gala celebrations. Durham Miners' Gala: Continuing success of the city's celebration - BBC News 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Many of Nottinghamshire's towns and villages were built around the collieries and for the mining families. Nottinghamshire coal mining ends with Thoresby closure - BBC News 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z He is a former Kellingley miner and spoke in the miners’ social club in Knottingley, a few miles from the colliery. Lights Out in Britain for the Coal Industry 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr Martin’s father, brothers, uncles and cousins all worked at the colliery. The end of industry 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The colliery explosion was caused by firedamp after poor ventilation allowed a build-up of the flammable gas. Cambrian mining disaster remembered 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z BHP Billiton suspended rail lines hauling coal from its inland collieries to the massive Hay Point shipping terminal on Friday until further notice. UPDATE 4-Cyclone slams into northeast Australia 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Former miner turned author, Robert Bradley, said Thoresby at one time produced more coal than any other colliery in England with profits of £50m a year. Nottinghamshire coal mining ends with Thoresby closure - BBC News 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z In December, his job is set to disappear when Kellingley colliery, Britain’s last deep coal mine, is scheduled to close for good. Lights Out in Britain for the Coal Industry 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z On Friday, BHP Billiton suspended rail lines hauling coal from its inland collieries to the massive Hay Point shipping terminal until further notice. 'Terrifying' storm slams into northeast Australia 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z This area alone has lost 15 collieries in the last 20 years. The Local Heroes Reopening a Coal Mine With a Revolutionary New Business Model Driver training should start in June, and passengers trains are scheduled to be running back and forth through the old Monktonhall colliery site by next September. Borders railway track laying begins 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z And statues and mini museums are being planned at other former colliery sites. Nottinghamshire coal mining ends with Thoresby closure - BBC News 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Known as "King Coal" in Australia, tens of thousands of workers are employed in collieries and whole towns rely on mines for their existence. South Pacific flotilla to protest climate change inaction at Australia coal port 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The memorial was unveiled last year on the site of the colliery, exactly 100 years on from the disaster. Prince starts Wales summer tour 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z But it is Birch’s good fortune that Ripley is first and foremost a miner, having worked at collieries for 30 years. The Local Heroes Reopening a Coal Mine With a Revolutionary New Business Model Mr Gammond said the museum display from 28 July would include pay slips of workers elsewhere at the colliery who had their pay docked for finishing their shift early that day. Appeal for disaster bravery medal 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Malcolm Fyfield, 58, said he knew the Old Top Road area of the colliery and recognised it by its direction, undulations and its height and width. Manager 'inspected' pit before flood 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z A year ago, UK Coal went into administration following a disastrous fire at its Daw Mill colliery near Nuneaton. UK Coal seeks cash to secure future 2014-04-02T11:03:30Z One of those will be 82-year-old Joseph Price from Abertillery, a former miner who is the last surviving deputy from the Six Bells colliery disaster, which killed 45 men. Queen's Baton Relay bearers unveiled 2014-03-10T07:45:43Z Thirty years ago, 56 collieries were fully operational in Yorkshire, including a handful of open cast mines at Long Row, Moorhouse and Anglers, to the west of Wintersett where Birch was once a chief engineer. The Local Heroes Reopening a Coal Mine With a Revolutionary New Business Model "He'd been visiting collieries after coal mine explosions and other disasters, determining the cause of death, much of which was due to poison gases that were present in the mine," according to Dr Sturdy. Deadly tests by gas mask pioneer 2014-02-25T00:01:52Z Down in the tunnels she from the colliery where her great grandfather first worked - "a little bit of home for him". WW1 soldier's tunnel grave found 2013-12-02T06:34:54Z The memorial will be as close to the pit head as possible A memorial to those who died at a former colliery is to be unveiled at a country park later. Memorial to miners killed at pit 2013-11-30T09:21:59Z An explosion at the colliery in 1901 killed 81 men and there was criticism that the pit owners did not learn lessons from it. Thousands to mark worst pit tragedy 2013-10-14T05:26:17Z “Under his political stewardship, even the profitable collieries were systematically destroyed and he employed a scorched earth policy of leaving no trace behind, apart from the odd half pit head wheel buried in a hedgerow.” The Local Heroes Reopening a Coal Mine With a Revolutionary New Business Model A mine manager is to face trial next year over the deaths of four miners in a Swansea Valley colliery. Gleision mine deaths trial date set 2013-09-18T11:45:01Z Take Heritage Park, Silverdale, where we are redeveloping the former colliery site with the Homes and Communities Agency. The public sector, not planning, is responsible for unused land 2013-07-15T07:00:06Z It's a memorial to the colliery and all those who died. Memorial to miners killed at pit 2013-11-30T09:21:59Z The garden includes a "path of memory," detailing other colliery tragedies in Wales. Thousands to mark worst pit tragedy 2013-10-14T05:26:17Z It found that Pike River Coal failed to spot danger signs as it tried to boost production at the colliery. NZ orders mine blast compensation 2013-07-05T03:45:45Z The following year the miners' strike began and seven years later no productive colliery existed in the Rhondda. Service recalls pit and mine victims 2013-06-22T07:31:26Z One line has been closed by a colliery spoil heap failure and will remain closed for months. Letters: Railways on track 2013-06-13T20:00:06Z The future of UK Coal is uncertain after a fire caused the closure of its largest deep-pit colliery, Daw Mill in Warwickshire. Parts of UK Coal may be nationalised after colliery fire closes pit 2013-05-12T19:50:07Z Just after 8am, an explosion of methane gas ripped through the colliery. Thousands to mark worst pit tragedy 2013-10-14T05:26:17Z Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian Britain's largest producer of coal, UK Coal Operations, is understood to be seeking voluntary liquidation after a devastating fire closed its Daw Mill colliery. UK's largest coal producer 'seeks voluntary liquidation' 2013-05-01T13:16:00Z At that time it represented workers at 17 collieries. Miners' union to sell headquarters 2013-04-26T00:32:55Z It will be unveiled close to the site of the colliery on 14 October, the 100th anniversary of the 1913 Senghenydd disaster in which 439 miners were killed - the worst mining disaster in Britain. Gleision re-think for mine memorial 2013-04-23T07:53:48Z The judge found there was a direct link between the safety breaches at Pike River Coal and the deaths of the miners at the South Island colliery. NZ mine company guilty over blast 2013-04-18T11:45:07Z He was one of more than 170 local miners sacked after being arrested on a picket line at Bilston Glen colliery, the other major pit in the area. Scottish miners celebrate Thatcher's funeral with whisky and morbid jokes 2013-04-17T16:39:38Z The past looks down solemnly from the walls: a framed list of the names of men who died underground hangs near a flag of the shuttered colliery that once employed 6,000. In mining ruins left by Thatcher, new economy struggles 2013-04-12T07:46:02Z At the New Vaal colliery in South Africa, however, workers are urged to “stay negative”. Schumpeter: Sex, drugs and hope 2013-04-11T15:18:13Z Wreaths were laid and the colliery brass band played the miners' hymn, Gresford, itself an anthem to another disaster. The long, slow death of the UK coal industry 2013-04-11T08:00:00Z The judgement follows an official investigation last year, which found that Pike River Coal failed to spot danger signs as it tried to boost production at the colliery. NZ mine company guilty over blast 2013-04-18T11:45:07Z Pop worked at Grimethorpe colliery and then for engineering firms, as a civil engineer on the clerical side of things. Wayne Hemingway: My family values 2013-04-08T10:42:00Z Today, all that is left of the Grimethorpe colliery is its brass band, which was featured in the movie and still travels around England and abroad for concerts. In mining ruins left by Thatcher, new economy struggles 2013-04-12T07:46:02Z This is not because Anglo American, the mining giant that owns the colliery, wants to foster a gloomy attitude among its employees. Schumpeter: Sex, drugs and hope 2013-04-11T15:18:13Z Last year, the government turned its back on investing in a new combined heat and power plant, planned to be built next door to Hatfield colliery. The long, slow death of the UK coal industry 2013-04-11T08:00:00Z It meant dumping Britain's world lead in the development of clean coal technology – compounded by the recent refusal of government backing for a clean coal power station to be built at Hatfield colliery. Daw Mill's closure is a sad chapter in UK coalmining history 2013-03-08T11:42:01Z He adds that the decision to close the colliery was a very difficult decision. Daw Mill colliery closure marks end of an era for 650 miners 2013-03-07T18:02:27Z None of the country's 269 collieries will be closed on Monday as a result of the strike. Miners win battle after 7 weeks strike: From the archive, 26 Feb 1972 2013-02-26T07:30:00Z The operators of Daw Mill colliery in north Warwickshire said the blaze was on a scale not seen for decades and had put the future of the pit "seriously in doubt". Warwickshire mine under threat after huge underground fire 2013-02-25T09:38:50Z The four men died when the mine flooded on 15 September 2011 Police have charged a man with manslaughter as they investigate the deaths of four miners in the Gleision colliery disaster. Gleision mine deaths man charged 2013-01-18T12:28:35Z Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian The closure of Daw Mill colliery in Warwickshire marks another step towards the final demise of an industry which once employed more than a million men. Daw Mill's closure is a sad chapter in UK coalmining history 2013-03-08T11:42:01Z Holmes adds that some miners will be transferred to other collieries, others will get redundancy and try to find a new career in a stagnant labour market. Daw Mill colliery closure marks end of an era for 650 miners 2013-03-07T18:02:27Z When the village, famous for its brass band which featured in the film Brassed Off, heard its colliery was to shut, the best years of Danny Gillespie's life flashed before his eyes. The fall and rise of Grimethorpe 2013-01-08T01:59:49Z Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian More than 100 miners at a closure-threatened colliery have been safely evacuated after a severe underground fire. Warwickshire mine under threat after huge underground fire 2013-02-25T09:38:50Z The company which owns the colliery, MNS Mining Ltd, has been summonsed for four counts of corporate manslaughter and will also appear at court. Gleision mine deaths man charged 2013-01-18T12:28:35Z Jordan agrees: his interest in the skiff was sparked by discovering that coalminers in Fife used to build and race their own boats on the Forth, using wood from pit props filched from the colliery. Coastal rowing craze inspired by traditional Scottish fishing skiff 2013-01-04T18:28:32Z Miners at Daw Mill colliery in 2008 when it broke the output record for a British pit. Daw Mill colliery closure marks end of an era for 650 miners 2013-03-07T18:02:27Z The Cory family relocated to the area from Bideford, Devon and their business interests in Wales expanded through ship owning and coal exporting into the ownership of several collieries. Victorian house to reveal secrets 2013-01-04T07:24:37Z The Borodinsky colliery is the biggest opencast coal mine in Russia and produces about 20 million tonnes of coal a year. Day in pictures: 16 November 2012 2012-11-16T12:24:53Z Sir Stuart was the son of a Durham miner and, after a grammar school education, was briefly a colliery clerk before becoming a barrister. Middlesbrough MP Stuart Bell dies 2012-10-13T12:39:14Z Now, most of the people working at the colliery are not from Maltby and in the past men travelled from all over the country to work there. Maltby Colliery through the years 2012-10-09T14:20:38Z The colliery is on the outskirts of the town of Maltby Maltby colliery used to be a "jewel in the ground" according to one former miner, Ken, who worked down the pit for 40 years. Fears Maltby could lose 'jewel' 2012-10-08T16:44:49Z It was the middle of the night and officers were going to a deserted colliery and we made a risk assessment of the situation. Police rave response 'pathetic' 2012-10-01T10:43:25Z Waddle fans revolutionised colliery ventilation across the world, and this picture shows the size they could reach. Exhibition shows industrial past 2012-09-16T08:58:24Z A concert was held underground at Big Pit mining museum in Blaenavon on Thursday to remember the victims of colliery disasters. Prayers said for Gleision victims 2012-09-16T07:50:33Z Look at the Dinnington colliery site, which was geared for job creation. Maltby Colliery through the years 2012-10-09T14:20:38Z The colliery opened in 1908 and previously faced closure in the 1990s. Fears Maltby could lose 'jewel' 2012-10-08T16:44:49Z After graduating with a degree in modern history, in the summer of 1962 he applied for a job as clerk at the colliery offices in Ashington, but was turned down for being overqualified. 'Voice of darts' Waddell dies aged 72 2012-08-12T11:43:48Z UK Coal, which inherited most of the privatised mines in England and Wales, is to hive off its property interests and divide its collieries into self-standing companies. UK Coal reports £20m first-half loss and £450m pension deficit 2012-08-10T16:46:03Z As with virtually all mines, the Washington colliery was regularly affected by tragic accidents. 250 years of mining history in Washington 2012-08-02T16:00:00Z An "industrial parade" of Jarrow marchers and colliery bands, hundreds of dancing nurses accompanied by Mike Oldfield, the Queen's encounter with James Bond as well as a nightmarish sequence of childhood terrors – they all featured. Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony: madcap, surreal and moving 2012-07-27T21:00:02Z Photograph: Gary Calton for the Observer The final years of Orgreave colliery were a brutal footnote in Britain's postwar industrial history. In Orgreave, hope rises from the fields where miners fought and lost 2012-07-07T23:05:54Z He was referring, of course, to the transformation of the village by the sinking of Thoresby colliery, which remains one of the few working coal mines left in the UK. Olympic torch route, day 41: Edwinstowe, home to more than just Robin Hood's heritage 2012-06-28T06:00:02Z UK Coal's Thoresby site: miner is to divide its collieries into separate companies. UK Coal reports £20m first-half loss and £450m pension deficit 2012-08-10T16:46:03Z The clerk at Swansea's post office described watching the counter shake, many people dashed from their homes with several escaping from upstairs windows while miners at several collieries were brought back to the surface. How 1906 earthquake shook Swansea 2012-06-27T07:39:25Z This is where the Jarrow marchers and colliery bands make an appearance, accompanied by marching Chelsea Pensioners, Sergeant Pepper-era Beatles pulling inflatable yellow submarines, pearly kings and queens, and hollering newspaper vendors. Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony: madcap, surreal and moving 2012-07-27T21:00:02Z In 1948, and indeed until 20 years ago, the skyline would have been dominated by the winding tower of Wearmouth colliery, where several thousand miners toiled in seams extending under the sea. Olympic torch route, day 29: Sunderland has swapped ships for cars 2012-06-16T06:00:01Z It has extensive shipbuilding and engineering works, rope and sail factories, chemical, colour and cement works, and collieries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Withdrawing his cavalry from its perilous position before the town, he managed to obtain fifty miners from the neighbouring collieries. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z As he had wisely invested his savings in Grand Trunk shares, they and his share in the colliery enabled him to leave ample provision for his widow and two daughters. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "Come, doctor," the man persisted--he was the manager of a neighboring colliery--"you will be there in no time." The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z The derelict colliery site might have mocked us for years. Olympic torch route, day 29: Sunderland has swapped ships for cars 2012-06-16T06:00:01Z And I may add that if you consider it advisable to proclaim a sectional strike, the owners on their part might find it necessary to declare a lock-out at all the collieries in the district. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z There are extensive collieries in the vicinity, and the town has tobacco and hosiery works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z In the neighbourhood are collieries and stone quarries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z On the top of this conviction, which sufficiently depressed him, came the news of the colliery accident--news which did not reach him until late at night. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z The prospect of more rain posed more of a threat to coal production than a looming labor strike at some of the country's biggest collieries, according to McTaggart. Australia floods fail to dampen big cotton crop 2012-02-07T06:03:57Z Sir Nigel Thompson had inherited great possessions, including a colliery, from his father. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The population is mainly dependent on the neighbouring collieries, but limestone quarrying is carried on to some extent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Cotton mills and the collieries of the neighbourhood employ the large industrial population. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Seldom, if ever, had the curate passed a week so harassing as that which was ushered in by the bazaar, and was destined to end--though he did not know this--in the colliery accident. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z When we came to the place where the colliery railway crossed the road, he stumbled, and pitched forward, only just recovering himself. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z He began to hobble laboriously away from the vicinity of the pit-head towards the rather grimy fields which lay to the north of the colliery. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Mr. Lawrence can pass with equal sureness from colliery to cathedral and find the right word for every thing and person met on the way, the right word, though often a perplexed and perplexing word. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z In this neighbourhood are extensive collieries and quarries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z There are collieries and freestone quarries in the neighbourhood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z As late as the year 1775, the colliers of Scotland were accounted ascripti gleb�—that is, as belonging to the estate or colliery where they were born and continued to work. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The craft, being under reduced sail, drove along more easily during the rest of the afternoon, and they ran into a little colliery town on the following day. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z At all events, it was whispered that the teamsters lingered long at roadside inns, and that some of them struck into by-ways instead of making direct for the colliery with their empties. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z The second child of the fireman of the old pumping-engine of the colliery of Wylam, little George was born to grinding poverty. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z A practical work for the use of all preparing for examinations in mining or qualifying for colliery managers’ certificates. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z It is of modern growth, a township of cotton operatives, with large collieries in the vicinity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Early in the afternoon they alighted at a little wooden, colliery town, and next day they crossed the island in the stage over a very rough trail which led through tremendous forests. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z More recently a railroad to meet the ever-growing demands of ironmasters, colliery owners, and others, has been constructed, still further changing the face of the country, now bristling with iron and tin works. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z But his greatest childish feat took place on his discovering a fire-engine being erected at a colliery in the village to pump the water out of the mine. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z The information incorporated in it will prove of the greatest practical utility to students, mining engineers, colliery managers, and all others who are specially interested in the present-day treatment of mining problems. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z Buffeted by global financial turmoil, it has also had its second-biggest city devastated by two earthquakes, and been struck by a colliery disaster that killed 29 miners. Unflappable Key set for crushing win in New Zealand 2011-11-23T07:49:12Z Smoky fields, fenced by old colliery ropes, a black canal, and coalpit winding towers. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Hence the greatest efforts in modern collieries are bent towards ridding the workings of dust or else damping it or in some other way preventing it from being stirred up into the dangerous state. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z The fisheries and collieries are two pillars, which support the marine of Britain, so far forth as seamen are required. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z The borough is built on Broad Mountain, nearly 2000 ft. above sea-level, and the chief industry is the mining of coal at the numerous surrounding collieries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The explosion happened on Monday at the colliery in Chongqing when 16 miners were working underground, the report said, citing a government statement. China coal mine blast kills 13: report 2011-10-19T13:46:22Z I debouched upon the Llangollen road near to the tramway leading to the collieries. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z It is worth remark, here, that colliery explosions are, all things considered, a very rare occurrence. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z When he was fourteen years old, he became assistant to his father in firing the engine at the colliery, and three years later he was advanced to engine driving. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The inhabitants are principally employed in a stocking manufactory, and in the neighbouring collieries. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z The colliery is a drift mine, a relatively low-cost form of underground mining, when tunnels -- drifts -- are dug horizontally into rock, rather than directly downwards. Two miners found dead in Welsh mine 2011-09-16T13:41:45Z I passed some huge black buildings which a man told me were collieries, and several carts laden with coal, and soon came to Rhiwabon, a large village about half way between Wrexham and Llangollen. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z The advantage of this systematic training of a great number of men is that there are men at each colliery who can be called upon when needed. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z This act amended a prior act of 1868, passed to repress the practice of playing pitch and toss in the streets, which had become a public nuisance in the colliery districts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z In this neighbourhood are numerous collieries, the different appearance of which are phenomena interesting to the geologist. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z One who lived in an inland manufacturing town or spent his days in the office of a colliery would lose his golfing perspective early in middle age. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z He kept up the old forges and collieries, but he started no new ones. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Indeed all that has been described above has its use apart from colliery explosions, although they are the outstanding opportunities for its employment. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z It was in one of the midland counties, where collieries abounded, and where canals offer a cheap means of transit for manufactures. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z He sought to improve the condition of women in mines and collieries. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z The plan is to turn the colliery into a housing, leisure, manufacturing and retail park. Rumours point to ?6 bid for Aviva 2011-07-21T16:44:29Z The income from his collieries and factories was so large, that even bricks and mortar could not altogether absorb it. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z An example has already been given of the scientific investigation into the nature of colliery explosions and the best means of preventing them. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z The cyclones and heavy rains earlier this year badly hit BHP collieries in Queensland. VIDEO: BHP production hit by floods 2011-07-20T00:28:53Z There was a long-headed engine-man in one of the Newcastle collieries about this time, in whose mind the true solution of the problem was rapidly developing, but Trevithick had nearly forestalled him. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Later in the same year, his father having been appointed steward on a farm connected with Percy Main Colliery near North Shields, he obtained employment as a carter in connexion with the colliery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z They devoted 150 pages to a mere catalogue of his houses, his streets, his squares, club-houses, theatres, hotels, railways, collieries, ironworks, nail factories, estates, country mansions, etc. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z But with it all there is still an occasional disaster, occurring, sometimes, at the best and most carefully managed collieries. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z "Well," she said, "one could scarcely call it picturesque, but we have colliery and other industrial villages at home that are not very far behind it." By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z And at length, after being employed in various ways about the colliery, he was, at the age of fourteen, appointed his father's assistant at a shilling a-day. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z It was at Percy Main that he made the acquaintance of George Stephenson, who then had charge of an engine at a neighbouring colliery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Several collieries failed; land and houses became cheap. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z In the colliery adjoining the experimental gallery this plan had been in use for years. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z One incident in their early childhood was the rioting that pervaded the collieries in the years immediately following the great French war. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z It was about the year 1818 that Thomas Gray of Nottingham, travelling in the north of England, happened to visit one of the collieries. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z From this p. 32place, soiled with the filth of neighbouring collieries, we had a river to ford to the opposite shore. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z Cotton mills, iron foundries, brick and tile works, and collieries employ the large industrial population. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The central station of the district is the training-ground where the men go from all the collieries to get the experience and instruction, and where a reserve store of appliances is kept. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z The hero of the story, though only a colliery lad, is a character that boys will delight in. Blackie & Sons Catalogue - 1886 Books for Young People 2011-06-16T02:00:16.233Z Tunnelling was mainly done by professional miners, sent from the collieries of Britain to the Western Front. Unearthing WWI's hidden tunnel war 2011-06-10T04:27:25Z Mainly professional miners, they were sent from the collieries of Britain to the Western Front to tunnel beneath enemy lines and detonate explosive charges - while stopping the Germans doing the same. Miners' war 2011-06-10T04:27:25Z Its large industrial population is employed in the neighbouring collieries and the various attendant manufactures. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The office belonging to Mr. Chattaway's colliery stood in a particularly dreary offshoot from the main road. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Stephenson now had more liberty than when employed at the brakes, and, hearing of the experiments of Blackett and Hedley at Wylam, went over to their colliery to study their engine. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Featherstone, an urban district or town in the W. Riding of Yorks, England, 2 miles west by south of Pontefract; inhabitants work chiefly in the collieries. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The daily output will eventually be 5,000 tons, the colliery will employ 2,300 men. From the archive, 8 April 1954 2011-04-08T10:40:03Z They have struggled to recover from the closure of local collieries in the 1980s and the decline of British seaside tourism. Budget 2011: Sandwich will lose more than its jobs when Pfizer closes 2011-03-23T20:57:07Z The fact is, I was on the point of starting, when my colliery manager came up. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Thenceforward he devoted himself principally to the direction of his own property, which had become very considerable, and spent much of his time at the collieries and other works in which he had invested it. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z To the north and east miles of moorland, defaced by collieries and murky hamlets, ran to the horizon. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z She told the colliery manager, Mr J. Sheldon, that it had been a "wonderful experience." From the archive, 8 April 1954 2011-04-08T10:40:03Z Where they go to no one knows, but as soon as the collieries reopen they will all reappear. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z To his left were many colliery lines, with similar embankments and buildings that gave a good deal of cover, and beyond them fields of standing corn. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z The Edmonstone colliery was licensed, in 1725, to erect an engine, not to exceed 28 inches diameter of cylinder and 9 feet stroke of piston, paying a royalty of £80 per annum for eight years. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z The footpath ran at right angles to Trafalgar Road, past a colliery whose engine-fires glowed in the dark, moonless, autumn night, and then across a field. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Here we find the Black Country of Belgium, the chief coal-mining district of the country, where the smoke from many factory and colliery chimney-stacks darkens the sky. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z These new works are called the Union Mines, and, if the predictions of my informants prove true, will produce an output equal to that of the older Nanaimo collieries combined. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z After a while he sent Siegfried to fetch a basket of coal from the colliery, which was near a great linden tree in the forest. Stories of the Nibelungen for Young People 2011-01-30T03:00:15.690Z My father came by his death in a colliery you see in Cumberland, and left my poor mother with six of us upon the parish. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-01-26T03:00:28.110Z The valley of the Wear in the neighbourhood of Durham is well wooded and picturesque, but there are numerous collieries on the uplands above it, and the beauty of the county is marred. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z More than 100 rescuers tried to rescue the boys and men, led by the colliery manager Alfred Tonge. Pretoria Pit 2010-12-19T08:20:25Z Three members of a rescue team that tried to enter Gresford colliery after the explosion in 1934 died from carbon monoxide inhalation while trying to find survivors. Pike River: the miners' worst fear 2010-11-24T20:30:00Z Thirteen miners were able to immediately escape the flood waters, which struck the colliery in Weiyuan county in Sichuan province. Rescuers say all 29 trapped Chinese miners alive 2010-11-22T04:22:00Z Nationalists are concerned that Chinese firms are increasingly buying not just coal, but collieries as well. Australian Greens: 'We don't want to be just a coal mine for China' 2010-09-07T14:50:00Z The gold-mining town that was her birthplace, in the Transvaal region east of Johannesburg, was dotted with man-made hills of coal dust, the relics of old collieries. Book Review - Telling Times - Writing and Living, 1954-2008 - By Nadine Gordimer 2010-07-30T17:15:00Z The new port, located at the state's Abbot Point coal exporting complex, is needed to meet growth projections for sales of coal used in steel making from the Bowen Basin collieries, BHP said. BHP in talks for new Australia coal terminal 2010-04-28T01:08:00Z Two rescuers at Easington colliery, though they were wearing breathing apparatus, hurried forward too quickly and, according to the official inquiry, this "allowed carbon monoxide to leak past the mouthpiece". Pike River: the miners' worst fear 2010-11-24T20:30:00Z He was the son of a mining engineer and colliery manager whose love of singing gave music a central place in family life. Sir James Black obituary 2010-03-23T18:53:00Z Now 84, and still living in the same village, the former colliery fitter is the only living survivor of the accident 60 years ago. Air disaster 2010-03-12T06:53:00Z The district is rich in minerals, and has large collieries, and a colliery company’s institute; iron goods are manufactured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The large rural area is for the greater part agricultural in character, but there are collieries and stone quarries in some few districts. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone Formal burial was as important to the inhabitants of a colliery village as it was to the Greeks of the The Iliad. Pike River: the miners' worst fear 2010-11-24T20:30:00Z The exports consist principally of coal and iron from collieries and ironworks in the neighbourhood; and the imports of timber, ores and general goods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Its staple industries are the manufacture of linens, iron, and steel, and there are numerous collieries in the neighbourhood. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The district, especially along the river Wansbeck, is not without beauty, but there are numerous collieries, from the existence of which springs the modern growth of Ashington. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Ards�ley, East and West, an urban district or town of England, W. Riding of Yorkshire, several miles north-west of Wakefield, with collieries, iron-mines, ironworks, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The workings at the Ballycastle collieries are probably the oldest in Ireland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Another director wanted to see more news from the colliery districts than the paper usually contained, and a third fancied that the City news was not full enough. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life Coal and iron are abundant; and there are numerous collieries and ironworks. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis They relate to 57 per cent. of the collieries of the United Kingdom. The Acquisitive Society The chief employment is the cotton manufacture, but there are also collieries and ironworks, which employ a great many persons. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The collieries extend from Boksburg eastward to Springs, 11 m. distant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Another type of electric drill, however, has been successfully used in collieries, viz. rotary auger drills, mounted on light columns and driven through gearing by diminutive motors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Baillieston, a town of Scotland, in Lanarkshire, a few miles east of Glasgow, with extensive collieries, in which many of the inhabitants are employed. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Here are furnaces, collieries, manufactories and a people whose interests are made narrow and provincial by the restricted boundaries of their lives. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women Ashington, an urban district or town of England, Northumberland, north-east of Morpeth, and about 2 miles from the sea, in a district of collieries. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Brakpan, the largest colliery in South Africa, lies midway between the places named. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Besides these there are the so-called flameless or safety explosives, used in collieries where inflammable gases are given off from the coal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Every great storm, colliery explosion, or other great accident leaves a number of helpless children to be brought up by a struggling widow, or to go on the parish. Political economy The collieries are in the Stormberg district and are of considerable extent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The Sahib is at the other end of the collieries. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel It was here that, on his invitation, James Watt constructed a model of his steam-engine, which was tested in a now disused colliery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The industrial population of Bishop Auckland is principally employed in the neighbouring collieries and iron works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" In some cases this has been successfully done; thus the Cornish miners, when the mines in Cornwall were no longer profitable, went into the collieries, where more hewers of coal were much wanted. Political economy For special departments of practical instruction provision has been made, the Clothworkers' Company of London undertaking to support that which pertains to textile industries, and the Drapers' Company that of colliery management and mining engineering. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 But ghosts have nothing to do with collieries, and that ever-present "Company," the E. I. R., has more or less made Giridih—principally more. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel At ports where the principal trade is the export of coal from neighbouring collieries, special provision has to be made for its rapid shipment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Hand augers resembling a carpenter’s brace and bit are also often used in collieries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" You, who are a great scientist, know as well as I do that collieries take fire when sulphur gets mixed with coal-dust and is allowed to lie in a heap. Black Diamonds I'm not hunting trouble, understand, this colliery keeps me busy enough. The Boy With the U.S. Miners And now with grey hairs, dry mouth, and chattering teeth to the collieries. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Samples of dust from different collieries were collected for the purpose. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 In colliery work this conveyor makes a suitable picking table. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" The colliery explosion is a powder-mine in the hands of the bears. Black Diamonds The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Pressure at the rail-heads, at the collieries, at the steelworks and the manufactories, has thrown a burden on our island railways that they are unable to bear. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The methods adopted in driving levels for collieries are generally similar to those adopted in other mines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" I then found my way from Sunderland to Newcastle, some 15 miles of very busy road, and had a great many of the colliery railways to cross. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind "To-morrow we can open both entrances to the colliery, and after the air-pumps have been settled the work can be resumed." Black Diamonds It's easy enough to find miners—especially foreigners—but a young American who wants to learn the colliery business thoroughly is rare. The Boy With the U.S. Miners It supplies motive power to numbers of mills and collieries; and its whole course is over coal strata. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The lighting of underground workings in collieries is closely connected with the subject of ventilation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" A light railway, leading to several important collieries, runs for 13 m. through the beech-forests and mountains on the east. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Whoever was taken on in this colliery should pass an examination and work one year on trial. Black Diamonds This Ohio mine, like many of the American collieries, maintained a free school and an admirable technical library for the use of those workers who wished to better themselves. The Boy With the U.S. Miners At that time I knew but little of railways, having only travelled over the Leicester and Swannington line from Leicester to Long Lane, a terminus near to the Leicestershire collieries. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years There have been several instances of this being done in the fiery pits in the Barnsley district, notably at the great explosion at the Oaks colliery in 1866, when 360 lives were lost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" "Of course," Eric answered; "he showed me that little model of a colliery he kept in his study." The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers In the company's colliery there was certainly more freedom, the rules being less strict. Black Diamonds While mine disasters are numerous—over two thousand men being killed every year in United States collieries alone—such an accident as this one had rarely happened before. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The immediate parent of the railway was the wooden tram-road, which existed at an early period in colliery districts. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years The following list gives the depths reached in the deepest collieries in Europe in 1900, from which it will be seen that the larger number, as well as the deepest, are in Belgium:— Metres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" There are considerable collieries in the neighbourhood, and silk and tape works in the town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" And, moreover, there was one very suspicious circumstance which struck Spitzhase especially, and this was that Behrend spent his time in his own colliery. Black Diamonds At 3 o'clock in the morning, one of the great Rescue Cars maintained by the Bureau rolled into the railroad yards of the colliery. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The yard of the Vaughan resembled that of other large collieries. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines The power so developed is generally utilized in the production of electricity, for which there is an abundant use about large collieries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Years afterwards, when scrapped to a colliery, the veteran engine was still able, in an emergency, to make four miles in four and a half minutes. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways There was now another line, which ran underground and connected the two collieries. Black Diamonds Take it the world over, and ten miners are killed every day in collieries alone. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Hither, too, came numbers of men from the colliery villages round, until some four or five thousand were gathered in front of an old "waste tip" at one corner of the common. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines The conclusions arrived at by the royal commission of 1891, which may be taken as generally representative of the views of British colliery engineers, are as follows:— 1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The working of South Balinaslick Colliery has been suspended for the same reason—Martin Morris having had charge of the underground works in both collieries. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Old Paul had gone to look for Ivan at his house in the principal colony, but Ivan had already started for the smaller colliery. Black Diamonds Ever since the days of the "Molly Maguires,"—and many much more recent bloody outbreaks among coal miners—colliery owners have maintained armed guards. The Boy With the U.S. Miners If I prefer, as I do prefer, that the colliery should stand idle, to raising your rate of wages, it is a clear proof that I should lose money if I agreed to your demand. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines Coal-mining is unfortunately a dangerous occupation, more than a thousand deaths from accident being reported Accidents. annually by the inspectors of mines as occurring in the collieries of the United Kingdom. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" In collieries, for example, some other cause of limitation must be sought for. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy He was simply told to go and work in the company's colliery, where there was better pay; and the workman or workwoman imagined this was an advance, not a degradation. Black Diamonds Because of that, Anton, in nearly every colliery there is not just one layer or seam of coal, but a number of them. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Nothing can be more discouraging than the appearance of a colliery village where the hands are on strike. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines It has numerous collieries, a nursery and market garden. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The pit-brow women of the Lancashire collieries are said to be of finer physical development than any other class of women workers. The Truth About Woman They had now reached the colliery, and went into the station-house, which stood at the corner of the branch railroad. Black Diamonds Yet volunteers were as plentiful as ever, for both the mine managers and the miners of neighboring collieries stood ready to help. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The sad errand on which she was going was one that has often to be discharged in a large colliery village. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines The great increase in the size of the pillars in the best modern collieries worked upon this principle has, however, done much to approximate the two systems to an equality in other respects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" There are also iron, zinc, lead, and tin-plate works, making this a great metallurgical centre, while within forty miles there are over five hundred collieries, some existing at the very doors of the smelting-works. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel "Will this farce never have an end until the escaped gas blows up the colliery, and makes of it and of us a new Pompeii?" Black Diamonds This Ohio colliery was being worked on what is known as the pillar-and-room method. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Choke-damp, which is carbonic acid gas, is heavier than ordinary air, and thus the lowest parts of a colliery become first filled with it, as they would with water. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines Oil lamps are employed in many of the Scotch collieries, and are almost universally used in Belgium and other European countries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Looking in another direction, the view extends over the rich alluvial plain which surrounds Newcastle, thickly studded with houses and colliery townships. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' His mine was threatened; the fire that was consuming the neighboring colliery might spread to his. Black Diamonds The electrical engineer and his staff strung temporary wires, and, both below ground and above ground, the colliery workings were as bright as day. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Acton and Nasmyth were rowed off together half an hour later, and they walked up through the hot main street of the little colliery town. The Greater Power The quantity of air required for a large colliery depends upon the number of men employed, as for actual respiration from 588 100 to 200 cub. ft. per minute should be allowed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The fighting was in and out of ruined buildings, collieries, pit derricks, and the usual structures of a mining settlement. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Ivan's fears as to the safety of his own colliery were growing day by day. Black Diamonds In a French colliery, two out of thirty men who were buried for fourteen days, recovered; in a Welsh colliery, one man survived out of seventy who had been entombed for seventeen days. The Boy With the U.S. Miners A little single-line railway from the colliery crosses the road, and even now there are standing on it two or three trucks, strange to say quite intact. War Letters of a Public-School Boy Many colliery managers, however, prefer to have only two opposite guides, as being safer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The presence of a counter-mob from a neighboring colliery speedily restored tranquillity. Pius IX. And His Time Nowhere was a girl so looked after; not in her mother's house or in a convent or state institution was there more particularity as to manners and morals than in Ivan Behrend's colliery. Black Diamonds To Owens, sitting in his library in an American colliery town, the long story of civilization seemed to unroll before his eyes and, everywhere, possession of gold brought power and fame. The Boy With the U.S. Miners This unit is now a working part of the present economic order, and whether it is a colliery in Wales, a division of the P.L.M. The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation Counterbalance chains for the winding engines are used in the collieries of the Midland districts of England. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Ursula looked out of the window and saw the proud, demonlike colliery with her wheels twinkling in the heavens, the formless, squalid mass of the town lying aside. The Rainbow "I have been in your colliery, sir, for a year, and if you will keep me on I should like to stay." Black Diamonds Within the defile of these wild mountains, we observed several extensive collieries, which were advantageously worked by driving levels from the river into their sides. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Such meetings may always be held in local economic units, such as collieries, departments of factories and the like. The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation Keep a stiff upper lip, lad, an' if the company gets the best of us, remember that Farley's isn't the only colliery in the middle field. Down the Slope There was a horrible fascination in it—human bodies and lives subjected in slavery to that symmetric monster of the colliery. The Rainbow When men are working in collieries it is usual to relieve them four times. Black Diamonds Upon the positive side the history of the Cassell collieries contract is instructive. China, Japan and the U.S.A. Present-Day Conditions in the Far East and Their Bearing on the Washington Conference The British Miners Federation is composed of local and of district organizations, which are built up around collieries, towns, and coal deposits. The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation A gun, which had opened ineffectively from the colliery, was then brought forward to 1,400 yards, and its projectiles shattered the buildings, and scattered the horses. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government No more would she subscribe to the great colliery, to the great machine which has taken us all captives. The Rainbow The limestone was brought on a tramway from the village of p. 278Crich, 2 or 3 miles distant, the coal being supplied from his adjoining Claycross colliery. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson The employment of these in lieu of gunpowder, to force down the block of coal that had been undercut, is one of the means to be looked to for diminishing the explosions in collieries. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Dr. Handley Moule, Bishop of Durham, made effective use of such a bookmarker when he visited West Stanley immediately after the terrible colliery disaster there. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds At the same time a squadron of the Imperial Light Horse galloped for the station in extended files, captured the Boer guard, and released the station and colliery officials who were there in durance. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government It was a villa built by the widow of the late colliery manager, and stood in a quiet, new little side-street near the large church. The Rainbow Twenty-three years had passed over his head, full of honest work, of manful struggle; and the humble “colliery engine-wright of the name of Stephenson” had achieved an almost worldwide reputation as a public benefactor. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson In connection with colliery work, and indeed in connection with explosives, in the sense of a substitution for them of sources of expansion acting more slowly, mention should be made of the hydraulic wedges. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 I fell softly for as it happened the conductor fell under me, and, profiting by experience hardly earned in several colliery disputes, I took the precaution of sitting on him before he could get up. Lorimer of the Northwest The line of the retreat to Molteno was to the west of the ridge which rises between the colliery line and the Kissieberg, and so gave some shelter from the enemy's fire. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government But it needed a great, passionate effort of will on her part, seeing the colliery, still to maintain her knowledge that it was meaningless. The Rainbow When not engaged about the works connected with his collieries, he was occupied in horticulture and farming. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson A few months ago one such disaster took place in a Durham colliery. The New Theology Barry owes its seaport to the determination of a number of colliery owners to secure an alternative port to Cardiff, with an independent railway to it from the coalfields. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Gore then gained a secure foothold near the colliery 1,700 yards from the enemy's right rear. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government He was managing a big, new colliery in Yorkshire. The Rainbow The correct principles upon which the mining operations at Snibston were conducted offered a salutary example to the neighbouring colliery owners. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Its importance is due to its zinc, lead, iron, alkali and kindred works, and its collieries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" It is in the parish of Silkstone, which gives name to important collieries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" It was during his reign that Belgian collieries began considerably to increase their production and that the first blast furnaces were erected near Li�ge and Charleroi. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Farther off was the great colliery that went night and day. The Rainbow He was also frequently called upon to inspect and report upon colliery works, salt works, brass and copper works, and such like, in addition to his own colliery and railway business. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Cotton spinning and power-loom weaving are the chief of numerous manufacturing industries, and there are large collieries in the vicinity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" During the frenzied anxiety of those days at the colliery, he had had time to attend to nothing but the pressing work of rescue. The Explorer Having risen to the grade of engineman, he was employed in the collieries of Lord Ravensworth improving the wagon way and railway planes under ground. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) He was vicar of a country church, a living worth a little over two hundred pounds a year, but he had a large parish containing several collieries, with a new, raw, heathen population. The Rainbow The blasting and hewing of the rock were vigorously carried on night and day; and the engineer’s practical experience in the collieries here proved of great use to him. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson It was not in itself a new idea, for tramways had long been in use, and so far back as 1814 George Stephenson had constructed a locomotive engine for a colliery. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Ready money was essential, so he crossed the Atlantic and sold his estate in Texas; he made arrangements to raise a further sum, if necessary, on the income which his colliery in Lancashire brought him. The Explorer Shortly before this, the Widow Cunningham had received the news that her poor boy had been killed in a colliery accident in Pennsylvania. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 On the left was the whole black agitation of colliery and railway and the town which rose on its hill, the church tower topping all. The Rainbow Killingworth, West Moor, 31, 36, 38, 40; High Pit, 41; colliery explosions and mining, 89; Locomotive, 84, 88; the underground machinery, 109. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Short railways worked by horses were common in the neighbourhood of collieries, and a few existed elsewhere. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) He had always taken a keen interest in the colliery which brought him so large an income, and he wanted to examine into certain matters that required his attention. The Explorer In fact, the rate of production was accelerated, as numbers of the workmen thrown out of employment by the closing of the workshops applied for work at the collieries. Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns It was his grave, solid, self-contained manner which made him so much respected as a colliery manager. The Rainbow The boiler, however, having soon after blown up, there was an end of that engine; and the colliery owners did not feel encouraged to try any further experiment. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson He was away, it was believed in Durham, working at some colliery engine. The Vicar of Bullhampton He belonged to an old Scotch family, and had a fine place in the Highlands, but his income depended chiefly upon a colliery in Lancashire. The Explorer In addition to the repair and reorganisation of the lines running to the coast, the Transvaal collieries had been re-opened and the coal traffic had been resumed. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 In the colliery itself was the same seeming apathy. Old Junk He was no sooner appointed engine-wright of the collieries than his attention was directed to the means of more economically hauling the coal from the pits to the river-side. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson HE house of the Heedmans was the end cottage of a long row, built for and occupied by the miners employed at the colliery that you might see in the distance. Charlie Scott or, There's Time Enough Much was still required before the colliery could be put once more in proper order, and he was overwhelmed with work. The Explorer In the first place, the colliery isn't worth a tenth of that, and this country can very well afford to pay for her own defence. The World Peril of 1910 As I went through the press of people to the colliery gates, the women in shawls turned to me, first with annoyance that their watching should be disturbed, and then with some dull interest. Old Junk One day, in 1814, a workman hurried into Stephenson’s cottage with the startling information that the deepest main of the colliery was on fire! Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson By these awards no less than 104 collieries were defined and assigned, together with twenty iron-mines, and certain rules and regulations were laid down for working them. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account The scheme comprehended two blast furnaces, a powerful blast engine still at work, finery, forge, and rolling-mill, designed to furnish about forty tons of tin-plate per week, with collieries and mine work. Iron Making in the Olden Times as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean He speaks of them as 'necessary servants,' and says: 'In this class of necessary servants may be reckoned colliers, coal-bearers, salters, and other workmen necessary for carrying on of collieries and salt-works. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 Lads in the village, and great grown men from the collieries, are continually hunting for the nests, eggs, or young of thrushes, and many other useful birds, which they wantonly destroy. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children The strain on the powers of the locomotive was thus diminished, and it was easy for it to haul the empty waggons back to the colliery up even a pretty steep incline. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson This last was connected apparently with Ruerdean, if we may judge from the “Churchway” which ran in that direction and gave the name to an adjacent colliery. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account But what is the good of saying acid things to those little fiends and gall-bladders, the colliery children. The Lost Girl In fact, the first railway line of the district ran between Johannesburg and a colliery. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 The men in some of the collieries made up their minds that they would get higher wages. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading An accident occurred in the Oaks colliery Pit at Barnsley, on the 20th August, 1857, which strikingly exemplified the respective qualities of the lamps. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson The scheme comprehended two blast furnaces, a powerful blast engine still at work, finery, forge, and rolling-mill, designed to furnish about forty tons of tinplate per week with collieries and mine work. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account Instead of being carried away by his grace and eloquence, the nasty louts of colliery boys and girls openly banged their feet and made deafening noises when he tried to speak. The Lost Girl Even in the Welsh collieries it is becoming the habit to go down the pits in rough home-spun, and reserving the top hat, morning coat and check trousers for striking in. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-25 They banded themselves together, and tried to make the people of all the collieries in the district join them. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading Indeed, the Killingworth mines came to be regarded as the models of the district; the working arrangements generally being conducted in a skilful and efficient manner, reflecting the highest credit on the colliery engineer. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson As an instance of their present excellence, Messrs. Crawshay’s colliery at Light Moor may be mentioned, for its great extent, completeness, powerful machinery, and size of its pits. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account At the Pelsall Hall colliery, which lay two or three miles from Walsall, there had been an inrush of water from some old deserted workings near at hand, and twenty-two miners were imprisoned. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile He first began mining operations at one of the Pencaitland collieries, and continued to labour there for many years. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners He had also been noticed by the superintendent of the colliery, and promised a place in the mine as soon as a vacancy should occur that he could fill. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines There was not, however, so marked a saving in haulage as to induce the colliery masters to adopt locomotive power generally as a substitute for horses. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson To make production correspond with price, it was necessary at times to close collieries entirely, throwing the miners out of employment. Monopolies and the People Another colliery, two iron works, a textile factory, a millinery firm, a printing shop, and some others admitted their employees to a share in the profits within the years 1865 and 1866. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England Our first day's march was dreary in the extreme, over country covered with dark shale, just like a colliery district without the smoke, and with the faintest possible trace of vegetation here and there. Southern Arabia No men on earth are braver in time of danger, or more ready to face it in rescuing imperilled comrades, than the miners of the anthracite collieries. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines It was complained of as a nuisance; and an action at law against the colliery lessees was threatened unless it was stopped. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson "A work of this extremely valuable character deserves to be made widely known amongst colliery managers and mining engineers at home and abroad."—Coal and Iron. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student I heard from him a while since as his squire wants a steady man to overlook a small colliery as he’s got on his estate. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found From Glencoe a branch runs five miles east to Dundee, the site of extensive collieries, upon which Natal largely depends for fuel. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 He said that he came from the neighboring colliery of Black Run, where the Raven Brook men had once rendered good service during a time of disaster, and that his name was Jack Hobson. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines The tools then in use about the collieries were rude and clumsy; and there were no such facilities as now exist for turning out machinery of an entirely new character. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson The prevention of spontaneous combustion in collieries and the extinction of underground fires are duties that fall heavily on many colliery managers. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Last year there was a terrible colliery explosion at Courrieres in France. Memories and Studies The work put into the cellars of the colliery houses here was quite extraordinary. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion I have every reason to believe the Mollies are strong in this colliery, and that they intend to make trouble here. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines Mr. Blackett was the first colliery owner in the North who took an active interest in the locomotive. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Richmond No. 1 and No. 2 collieries and the Delaware and Hudson "slope" colliery in North Scranton were compelled to shut down by reason of the water flooding the engine rooms. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado Many anecdotes might be collected to show the great difficulty of discovering a person in the collieries without being in possession of his nickname. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings In collieries I went down into the pits. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Although Derrick had lived much among collieries, he had never been allowed to go down into a mine. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines The children of the Stephenson family were now growing apace, and several of them were old enough to be able to earn money at various kinds of colliery work. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson At Kehley Run Colliery the water main that supplies the boilers with water was washed away and the colliery was compelled to shut down. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado He was employed at various collieries, as fireman, and afterwards as plugman, and gradually acquired so complete a knowledge of the engine as to be able to take it apart and make ordinary repairs. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Lord Ashley's Bill was passed, prohibiting woman and child labour in mines and collieries. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 Job questioned Derrick closely as to his acquaintance among the men and boys of the colliery, and asked particularly in regard to his likings or dislikings of the several overseers. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines But he would not be put down by the bully of the colliery, and he fought him. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson At Shamokin mountain streams overflowed their banks, and in some instances water flowed down mine breaches and found its way to the lower260 levels of collieries. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado In 1805 he removed to Killingworth colliery, and about this time he was desirous of emigrating to the United States, but was unable to raise money for his outfit and passage. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail The producing collieries are chiefly on Vancouver Island and on the western slope of the Rockies near the Crow's Nest Pass in the extreme south-eastern portion of the provinces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The old workings ran from them through the mountain, and under this valley in which the present colliery was located. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines Probably he had heard of the invention of Brunton, whose patent had by this time been published, and proved the subject of much curious speculation in the colliery districts. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson As collieries rear themselves, grim and sinister, above mining towns, so this music rears itself in its Russian snows, and stands, awful and beautiful. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers After all others had failed, the overseer, in despair, with but little expectation that anything could be accomplished by a raw colliery hand, employed him to attempt a remedy. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Commencing on a very humble scale, with only a day level and a gin pit, at Rochsolloch, he was favoured by fortune in his development of the little colliery. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities A few years ago Job Taskar was blacksmith to a distant colliery in another district. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines Thus, at some collieries, thin plates of iron were nailed upon their upper surface, for the purpose of p. 6protecting the parts most exposed to friction. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson A live frog is reported to have been found in a coal seam at a Monmouthshire colliery. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920 His father was a very humble workman, who filled the position of fireman of the pumping-engine in use at the colliery, at three dollars a week. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail "A clear and concise introduction to electrical practice in collieries." A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. They were compelled to go to him by the rules of the colliery. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines It not unfrequently happens that the young workman about the collieries, when selecting a lodging, contrives to pitch his tent where the daughter of the house ultimately p. 27becomes his wife. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Coal furnishes an instance: The collieries of the kingdom not only stoke the fires of myriad furnaces but drive the ships of a mighty marine. The War After the War His first opportunity to show his superiority was when an expensive pump had been put in the colliery, and utterly failed to do the work required of it. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail You might as well tax operatives in mills, or miners in collieries, or mechanics in manufactories, as such servants. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Had they succeeded the colliery would have been closed, and all hands thrown out of work for an indefinite length of time. Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines The village of Killingworth lies about seven miles north of Newcastle, and is one of the best-known collieries in that neighbourhood. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson In fact, it was necessary to treat the engine room in the way in which a fiery colliery would be treated. Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 I saw a sad case yesterday; a collier—a fine broad-chested fellow about thirty—was killed by the falling of a wall in the Paddiford colliery. Scenes of Clerical Life As the mist cleared the enemy could be spied in large numbers about the station and the colliery buildings and over the yellow veldt. Sir John French An Authentic Biography |
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