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The Pit Sinkers of Northumberland and Durham
Author(s): Peter Ford Mason (Author)
- Publisher: The History Press
- Publication Date: 1 Aug. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 0752480944
- ISBN-13: 9780752480947
Book Description
Shaft sinking for the extraction of minerals has taken place for centuries. Coal mining has been carried out using various methods of sinking from shallow bell pits to deep shafts. Newcastle and the collieries along the banks of the River Tyne had a tradition of exporting coal to London. Following the invention of steam engines, sinkers were quick to use them in coal mining, and these innovations were to benefit many engineering developments. However with deeper mines, explosive gases were to cause the death an injury of many miners. Miners had always lived in close communities, and this was especially so for the sinker families in the north-east. The sinkers were recognised as being the ‘elite of miner’. With previously unpublished photographs, this book is a must for those interested in the region’s industrial heritage.
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About the Author
Peter Ford Mason is a retired civil engineer living in the Wirral, but is originally from County Durham. He is descended from three generations of miners; his great-grandfather was a master pit sinker who died sinking a shaft in 1885. This will be his first book for The History Press.
