The lowered wage standards which the miners were forced to accept in 1926 remained intact throughout the period of deteriorating trading conditions described in the last chapter. Although earnings were adversely affected by the falling number of shifts worked' it was the Coal Mines Act of 1926 ...
Y95th Congress COMMITTEE PRINT2d Session fFEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH ANDSAFETYACT OF 1969(Public Law 91-173)AS AME NDED BY THEFEDERAL MINESAFETY AND HEALTHAMENDMENTS ACT OF 1977(Public Law 95-164)APPROVED NOVEMBER 9, 1977As applicable to other than coal minesSUBCOMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION,HEALTH AN...
A report from Wales states that “Children are employed as air-door keepers at 5 years of age, as horse drivers at 14, as colliers at 12 years of age,” and they “are taken down [into the mines] as soon as they can crawl.” The subsequent Mines Act prohibits women and boys under...
Aside from the mines that took the life of the head of the family, there were few options for employment so the family decided to relocate to Philadelphia. Not only did this move provide more opportunities, but it also moved them to the same neighborhood as Thelma’s grandmother Laura and ...
Measuring the Methane Content of Bituminous Coalbeds; Report of Investigations 8043; US Bureau of Mines: Washington, DC, USA, 1975; 22p. [Google Scholar] Smith, D.M.; Williams, F.L. Direct method of determining the methane content of coal—A modification. Fuel 1984, 63, 425–427. [...
In most studies, the fungal strains playing a crucial role in effective coal degradation were isolated from decaying wood around coal mines, coal–soil mixtures, coal mining sites, and purely coal environments. Table 3. Biodegradation of various coal sources through native strains of fungi: ...
1925: Air Mail Act Mail service was for the first time turned over to private contractors after congressional pressure on the post office with the Air Mail Act of 1925, also known as the Kelly Act. This was the first chess piece to be moved in an effort to accelerate aviation technology ...
Other coal mines began operating at Blair Athol in the 1890s, but difficulties in transportation meant the operation did not become a major enterprise until a branch line from the Central Railway line was completed in 1910 (Blake 2005: 58). The formation of the Blair Athol Coal and Timber ...
We present our results of experiments concerning the methane threats prediction in coal mines obtained during IJCRS'15 Data Challenge. The data mining competition task poses the problem of active monitoring and early threats detection wh... Herrin,D. - 《Oral History Review》 被引量: 0发表: 19...
Notes on the coal mines act, 1939doi:10.1002/jctb.5000580903NoneJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdJournal of the Society of Chemical Industry