Mining Industry

BIC code: KNAT
See also: Industry & Industrial Studies

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    Seven Steps In The Dark
    Bob Smith - Paperback - Luath
    Smith went into the pit when he was 14 years old, and spent his whole working life in the pits of Scotland until injury forced his retirement. This is his story, but it is also the story of the last 40 years of Scottish coalmining.
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    Wasting Libby: The True Story Of How The WR Grace Corporation Left A Montana Town To Die (and Got Away With It)
    Andrea Peacock - Paperback - AK
    'Wasting Libby' chronicles decades of neglect by state and federal agencies, which allowed the Grace Corporation to reap millions in profits from the largest vermiculite mine in the world, while knowingly exposing generations of Montana residents to fatal levels of asbestos-contaminated dust.
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    Black Avalanche
    A. V. Sellwood - Paperback - Amberley
    Never has there been a pit disaster to compare in terms of human courage and error with that which overwhelmed Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, in September 1950. This book details the truth about the disaster, told from the perspective of the men and women who experienced it first hand.
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    Twenty Years Down The Mines
    Ian Terris - Paperback - Stenlake
    A first hand account of the everyday work and woes in this now all but disappeared industry. Ian Terris' account of his working life will strike a chord with thousands of ex-miners and bring to life the day to day trials and tribulations of the mining industry.
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    Mining From Kirkintilloch To Clackmannan & Stirling To Slamannan
    Guthrie Hutton - Paperback - Stenlake
    In many ways, mining is Scotland's ghost industry, since many of its former settlements have vanished. This book spans the old counties of Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and East Dunbartonshire, with photographs of former miners and long-lost pits.
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    Easdale, Seil, Luing And Belnahua: The Islands That Roofed The World
    Mary Withall - Paperback - Luath
    This text contains a comprehensive history of the slate industry in the west of Scotland, complete with a detailed and vivid account of the communities on the Atlantic bound islands of Easdale, Seil, Luing and Belnahua.
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    Fife: The Mining Kingdom
    Guthrie Hutton - Paperback - Stenlake
    This history of mining in the Kingdom of Fife contains photographs of the mining areas of the county, such as Longannet and Lochore. There are also pictures featuring other aspects of mining life - housing, bands, rescue teams, quoiting and football.
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    Mining The Lothians
    Guthrie Hutton - Paperback - Stenlake
    Published in association with the Scottish Mining Museum, this book features many photographs from the museum's collection. It runs the gamut of mining life, featuring everything from colliery construction shots to the demolition by explosion of Monktonhall colliery's winding towers.

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