1 6 GHARLES GRIFFIN d> CO.'S PUBLICATIONS. 



WORKS ON COAL- Ml MING. 



SIXTH EDITION Pp. i-vii + 563. With 4 Plates and 690 Illustrations. 

 Price 24s. net. 



A TEXT-BOOK OF COAL-MINING : 



FOR THE USE OF COLLIERY MANAGERS AND OTHERS 

 ENGAGED IN COAL-MINING. 



BY HERBERT WILLIAM HUGHES, F.G.S., 



Asgoc. Eoyal School of Mines, General Manager of Sandwell Park Colliery. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. Geology. Search for Coal. Breaking Ground. 

 Sinking. Preliminary Operations. Methods of Working. Haulage. 

 Winding. Pumping. Ventilation. Lighting. Works at Surface. Pre- 

 paration of Coal for Market. INDEX. 



"We cordially recommend the work." Colliery Guardian. 



" Will soon come to be regarded as the STANDARD WORK of its kind." Birmingham. Daily Qaaettt. 



FIFTH EDITION, Thoroughly Revised and Greatly Enlarged. Re-set 

 throughout. Large Crown 8vo. Handsome Cloth. Pp. i-xi + 778. 

 With 755 Illustrations. 12s. 6d. net. 



PRACTICAL COAL-MINING: 



ft. MANUAL FOR MANAGERS, UNDER-MANAGERS, 

 COLLIERY ENGINEERS, AND OTHERS. 



With Worked-out Problems on Haulage, Pumping, Ventilation, die. 

 By GEORGE L. KERR, M.E., M.lNST.M.E. 



CONTENTS. Sources and Nature of Coal. Search for Coal. Sinking. Explosives. 

 Mechanical Wedges, Bock Drills, and Coal Cutting Machines. Coal Cutting by Machinery. 

 Transmission of Power. Modes of Working. Timbering Roadways. Winding Coal. 

 Haulage. Pumping. Ventilation. Safety Lamps. Rescue Apparatus. Surface 

 Arrangements, Coal Cleaning, etc. Surveying, Levelling, and Plans. INDEX. 



" This is one of the best known treatises on the technical aspect of the Coal-Mining 

 Industry . . . the book is an admirable one, and may be placed with confidence in 

 the hands of all students of coal-mining." Mining Journal. 



FOXJKTH EDITION, Revised. In Crown 8vo. Handsome Cloth. 

 Pp. i-vii + 225. 3s. 6d. net. 



ELEMENTARY COAL-MINING: 



FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS, MINERS, AND OTHERS 

 PREPARING FOR EXAMINATIONS. 



BY GEORGE L. KERR, M.E., M.INST.M.E. 



CONTENTS. Sources and Nature of Coal. Exploration and Boring for 

 Coal. Breaking Ground. Explosives, Blasting, &c. Sinking and Fitting 

 of Shafts. Modes of Working. Timbering Roadways. Winding and 

 Drawing. Haulage. Pumping and Drainage. Ventilation. Cleaning and 

 Sorting Coal. Surveying, &c. 



"An abundance of information conveyed in a popular and attractive form. . . . Will b 

 of great use to all who are in any way interested in coal mining." Scottish Critic. 



LONDON : CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO., LTD., EXETER STREET, STRAND. 



