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Coal Mining.

Amy&Tara. Amy and Tara. Coal Mining. Mining Conditions before 1842. -Conditions in the mine were poor. -Families often worked in the mines together. -Local landowners usually owned the mines + employed and paid miners. Miners Pay (before 1842).

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Coal mining

Coal mining . Dangers in the mines. Flooding. Fire damp. Choke damp There was also cave-ins. Coal mines in the 19 th century. Roofs falls were common as wooden pit props used to support the mine they rooted. Eventually these were replaced with metal pit props.

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