coal mining
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A Punch cartoon of 1844 entitled Capital and Labour contrasts the luxurious life of a mineowner with the harsh working conditions in the pits. Although the Industrial Revolution brought Britain as a whole greater material prosperity, it also caused massive social upheavals.
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Miners on their way home after a shift down the pit during the 1920s. Mechanization of their work was primitive, conditions underground were unpleasant and often dangerous, and the reward was not overgenerous, but there was such a camaraderie among the men that their leisure hours and interests were frequently also shared.
Extraction of coal from the Earth's crust. Coal mines may be opencast, adit, or deepcast. The least expensive is opencast but this may result in scars on the landscape.
coal mining
| The expansion of the British coal mining industry to meet the needs of the Industrial Revolution is discussed in Industrial Revolution, coal. |
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