... of the industry will have disappeared”. Ten chapters trace in detail the growth of coal‐mining in the Cynon Valley, discussing its geology, the iron industry which accompanied the coal industry, the development of steam‐engines, levels into hillsides, deep mines, railways and canals, technology, ventilation...

...Stuart James Guthrie   Hutton . Mining: The Lothians . Ochiltree : Stenlake Publishing   1998 . 112 pp , ISBN: 1 84033 047 3   £12.95 , ISBN: 1 84033 033 3   £6.50 , ISBN: 1 84033 034 1   £6.50   £6.50   £6.50 © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Coal Mining Scotland...

...Stuart James In a previous review (RR 98/29‐30) we gave a specific welcome to local history publications from this enterprising publishing house. These three further titles all continue the pattern of those noticed earlier, two of them dealing with coal‐mining and one on a rather esoteric...

...Stuart James The Three Towns Local History Group Compiled by . The Auchenharvie Colliery: An Early History . Ochiltree (Ayrshire) : Richard Stenlake Publishing   1996 . 36 pp , ISBN: 1 872074 58 8   £4.00 © MCB UP Limited 1998 --> Coal History Mining Scotland...

...Alan Day David J.   Whittaker . Mining the American West: A Bibliographical Guide to Printed Materials on American Mining Frontiers in the British LIbrary . London : The British Library. The Eccles Centre for American Studies   1996 . 24pp , ISBN: 0 7123 4410 1 © MCB UP...