March 10 ‘Mining my own business”

Today, on March 10th, 1906, in northern France, there was a mine fire and explosion. This catastrophe was known as the Courrieres mine disaster, with over 1099 people killed. In remembrance of those casualties, I am presenting some books I have on mining. The first is “A Text-book on Coal Mining”, by Herbert W. Hughes,Continue reading “March 10 ‘Mining my own business””