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coal mines and mining11
coal trade2
business records1
coal1
mine fires1
mining engineers1

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Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)3
Arthington, Robert1
Bryan, Sir Andrew1
Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire1
Gray, Francis William1
Harrison, John1
Johnston, James Finlay Weir (1796-1855)1
Whetton, John Thomas (1894-1979)1

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The economy of a coal-field : an exposition of the objects of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and of the best means of attaining them

Johnston, James Finlay Weir (1796-1855); Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire

1838

Errata: p. 78. "Lecture... delivered at the second quarterly meeting of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in May ... [1838] and ... published at their request."...

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Papers on coal mining, by J.T. Whetton

Whetton, John Thomas (1894-1979)

c.1925-1975

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Coal mining papers compiled by Sir Andrew Bryan

Bryan, Sir Andrew

c.1901-1990

Comprises reports, articles, photographs, press cuttings, pamphlets, periodicals, and books on coal mining.

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Archive File

Correspondence and papers concerning the publication of the 'Dusseldorf Excursion Memoir' by the Midland Institute of Mining Engineers

1903

Comprises: (1) proof copy of the memoir, entitled 'Dortmund Mining-District', and (2) correspondence and other papers relating to members' complaints about the Secretary's objections to its publicatio...

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Material connected with the Yorkshire coal-mining area

c.1913-1961

Contains: (1) Survey of sections of strata in Yorkshire collieries, made ca.1913; (2) University of Sheffield, Department of Mining: Research on the geological characteristics of Yorkshire coal seams....

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Notes on mining and the coal industry in the 1930s, by John Harry Jones.

Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)

c.1930-1936

Comprises drafts of several publications on coal mining and correspondence concerning those publications dated between 1930 and 1936, together with an offprint.

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Minute books and papers of the West Yorkshire Coal Owners' Association

1889-1955

Contents as follows: (1)-(8), (20) Minute books nos 1-9, 1890-1955; (9)-(12), (21) Finance Committee minute books nos 1-5, 1890-1955; (13)-(14) Annual output of members' collieries, 1889-1931; (15) De...

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Account book for Middleton Colliery for the year 1806.

1805-1807

Comprises the accounts ledger for Middleton Colliery for the working year beginning 27 December 1805 and ending 2 January 1807.

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Papers of John Harry Jones on the coal industry in Britain and overseas in the mid-1930s

Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)

1930s

Most of these papers were discovered in a cupboard in the School of Economic Studies in December 1976 and were presented to the Library through the good offices of Professor J. R. Crossley; a smaller ...

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