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==General Links==
 
 
 
*[http://www.num.org.uk/?p=guestbook&gs=120 National Union of Mineworkers]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mining-memorabilia.co.uk/Links.htm Mining Memorabilia and Mining History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Coal-Mining History Resource Centre]
 
 
 
*[http://www.ncm.org.uk/ The National Coal Mining Museum For England]
 
 
 
*[http://www.aditnow.co.uk/default.aspx Mine exploration, photographs and mining history for mine explorers, researchers and historians]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/disasters/ Names of Mining Victims in Great Britain]
 
 
 
*[http://www.coal.gov.uk/services/history/index.cfm Coal Authority services]
 
 
 
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==Wales==
 
 
 
*[http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/bigpit/ National Coal Mining Museum of Wales]
 
 
 
*[http://www.swan.ac.uk/swcc/ University of Swansea - South Wales Coalfield Collection.]
 
 
 
*[http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/DisastersList.htm Welsh Mining Disasters]
 
 
 
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Llangynwyd/slaters.1880.html Slater's 1880 Directory in the Maesteg/Llynfi Valley Area of Mine Owners & Collieries]
 
 
 
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==England==
 
 
 
*[http://www.whitwick.org.uk/history/disaster.htm The Whitwick Colliery Disaster 19th April 1898]
 
 
 
*[http://www.dmm.org.uk Durham Virtual Mining Museum ]
 
 
 
*[http://www.durham-miner.org.uk The Durham Miners' Project]
 
 
 
*[http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=pjc4ax&surname=A Somerset Coalfields around Midsummer Norton]
 
 
 
*[http://www.radstockmuseum.co.uk/ Radstock Village Museum, Somerset]
 
 
 
*[http://www.dmm-pitwork.org.uk/html/altofts.htm Altofts Colliery Explosion Report]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/ Cornish Mining]
 
 
 
*[http://www.geevor.com/index.php?object=201 Geevor Tin Mine]
 
 
 
*[http://www.gillshaw.me.uk/The%20granite%20Quaries%20in%20West%20Cornwall.htm Lamorna Granite Quarries]
 
 
 
*[http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/mines/carnon-valley/wheal-jane.htm Wheal Jane Mine]
 
 
 
*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk Bal Maidens in Cornwall & Devon, Pit Brow Lasses, Women in Mining UK & Worldwide]
 
 
 
*[http://www.peakmines.co.uk The Peak District Mining Museum]
 
 
 
*[http://www.whitbyjet.co.uk/mining.html Whitby Jet Heritage Centre]
 
 
 
*[http://www.whitby-uk.com/cgi-bin/site.nav/whitby.pl?page=whitbyjet Whitby Jet]
 
 
 
*[http://www.pdmhs.com/PDFs/ScannedBulletinArticles/Bulletin%2013-4%20-%20Ironstone%20Mining%20in%20Derbyshire.pdf Ironstone Mining in North Derbyshire PDF]
 
 
 
*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~hughw/mines.txt Victims of the Wood Pit Explosion in Haydock 1878]
 
 
 
*[http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/cms/community-and-living/records/projects/croome-collection/croome-treasures/warwickshire-mining-records.aspx Early evidence of coal mining activity in Warwickshire]
 
 
 
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==Scotland==
 
 
 
*[http://www.mining-villages.co.uk/index.html Scottish Mining Villages]
 
 
 
*[http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mmartin/fifepits/ Fife Pits]
 
  
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==Women & Mining==
 
 
*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/DatabaseSearch.htm Searchable Database of Women at The Mines of Devon & Cornwall]
 
 
*[http://www.balmaiden.co.uk/Indexes1842.htm 1842 Commission on Employment of Children in Mines Indexes]
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stenhouse/coal/pbl/England/dieng.htm Female Mining Deaths: 1851-1913 - England]
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stenhouse/coal/pbl/coalmain.htm Women and The Pits]
 
 
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==Other Countries==
 
 
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mineaccidents/ Mining Accidents, USA, Canada and Australia]
 
 
*[http://quarriesandbeyond.org/ Quarrying and Stonecarving in the USA]
 
 
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