| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 654 pagine
...These Coal Mines are, perhaps, the most extraordinary of any in the known world. The principal entrance for men and horses, is by an opening at the bottom of a hill, through a long passage hewn in the rock ; which, by a steep descent, leads down to the lowest vein of coal. The greatest part of this... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 650 pagine
...These Coal Mines are, perhaps, the most extraordinary of any in the known world. The principal entrance for men and horses, is by an opening at the bottom of a hill, through a long passage hewn in the rock ; which, by a steep descent, leads down to the lowest vein of coal. The greatest part of this... | |
| Walley Chamberlain Oulton - 1805 - 964 pagine
...coal-mines нге, perhaps, the most extraordinary in the world. The principal entrance for men nnd horses, is by an opening at the bottom of a hill, through a long passage-hewn in Ihe rock, which, by' a steep descent, leads down to the lowest vein of coal. The greatest... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 726 pagine
...these coal mines are perfiaps the most extraordinary of any in UK known world. The principal entrance for men and horses is by an opening at the bottom of a hill, through a Ion;; passage hewn in the rock, which, by a steep descent leads down to the lowest vein of coal. The... | |
| William Nicholson - 1819 - 414 pagine
...these coal mines are perhaps the most extraordinary of any in the known world. The principal entrance for men and horses is by an opening at the bottom of a hill, through a long passage hewn in the rock, which, by a steep descent, leads down to the lowest vein of coal. The greatest part of this... | |
| William Green (of Ambleside.) - 1819 - 616 pagine
...at this place are perhaps the most extraordinary of any in the known world. Their principal entrance for men and horses is by an opening at the bottom of a hill through a long passage, newn in the rock, which by a steep descent leads down to the lowest vein of coal; the greater partof... | |
| William Nicholson - 1819 - 412 pagine
...these coal mines are perhaps the most extraordinary of any in the known world. The principal entrance for men and horses is by an opening at the bottom of a hill, through a long passa ;e hewn in the rock, which, by a steep descent, leads down to the lowest vein of coal. The greatest... | |
| Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 pagine
...in one of them only, upwards of half a million sterling. " The principal entrance into these mines, for men and horses, is by an opening at the bottom of a hill, through a long passage hewn in the rock; which by a steep descent leads down to the lowest vein of coal. The greatest part of this... | |
| Alexander Jamleson - 1821 - 456 pagine
...principal entrance to the coal-mine for men ami horses is by an opening at the bottom of a hill,through a long passage hewn in a rock. This, by a steep descent,...of the descent is through spacious galleries, which continually :inl«rsect othe# galleries; all the coal having been cut away, except large pifr lars,... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pagine
...million sterling, was, in the course of a century, expended by the proprietors. Their principal entrance is by an opening at the bottom of a hill, through a long passage, hewn in the rock, leading to the lowest vein of coal. The greater part of this descent U through spacious galleries,... | |
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