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last, speak in language which human sympathy is powerless 
to resist. Suffice it that this appalling catastrophe, which 
costly as it has proved, in the valuable lives of so many 
experienced and estimable men, whose mortal remains have 
only been disentombed from the pit, whilst this paper has 
been in preparation, will not be without its useful effect, if it 
tends to stimulate a determined resolution, on the part of all 
who are interested in colliery pursuits, to leave no effort 
untried, until the resources of ingenuity and scientific skill 
have t>een exhausted, in promoting the comfort, and security, 
of all who are called to labour or occupy themselves, in the 
mining industry of the country. 
