How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 179
mining/ replied their uncle, is bothhard and dangerous work. It is anything but pleasure, you maybe sure. In ourcountry alone,about five hun-dred thousandmen and boysspend a large partof their lives indeep, dark, mines.They have muchless time than youhave to enjoy thesunshine, flowers,brooks,… … HOW COAL IS MADE AND MINED 163 different ways/ continued Uncle George. ^Insome places streams have cut their channelsclose to the layers of coal. A horizontal tunnelcalled a drift can then be cut from the valleyinto the earth, where the coal is deposited. Thecoal can then be brought out through…
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