Mining Industry

BIC code: KNAT
See also: Industry & Industrial Studies

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    The Auchenharvie Colliery: An Early History - Irene Hughson - Paperback
    This book is a readable monograph about the history and development of part of the North Ayrshire coalfield.
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    Easdale, Seil, Luing And Belnahua: The Islands That Roofed The World - Mary Withall - Paperback
    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
    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 From Kirkintilloch To Clackmannan & Stirling To Slamannan - Guthrie Hutton - Paperback
    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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    Mining The Lothians - Guthrie Hutton - Paperback
    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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    The Scottish Miners, 1874-1939 - Alan Campbell - Hardback
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    The Scottish Miners, 1874-1939 - Alan Campbell - Paperback
    A central theme of this volume is to explore the differences between the four principal mining regions in Scotland through the detailed study of ten localities within them.
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    The Scottish Miners, 1874-1939 - Alan Campbell - Hardback
    Within the context of the preliminary, detailed examination of the economy, social structures and cultural traditions of the Scots coalfields in its companion volume, this book goes on to develop the history of trade union and political institutions.
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    Seven Steps In The Dark - Bob Smith - Paperback
    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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    Twenty Years Down The Mines - Ian Terris - Paperback
    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.