Mining and Heavy Industry
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Mining - General links
Wales
- National Coal Mining Museum of Wales - for information on the Welsh coalfields.
England
- The Durham Miners' Project -Mining in the Durham Area Recorded by the Communities Themselves.
- Balmaidens website - Bal Maidens in Cornwall & Devon, Pit Brow Lasses, Women in Mining UK & Worldwide
Scotland
- Scottish Mining Villages includes details of disasters
Women & Mining
- 1842 Commission on Employment of Children in Mines Indexes Cornwall, Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland and Forest of Dean Children
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