Kent Coalfield Its Evolution

Author : A. E. Ritchie
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ISBN 13 : 9781331933861
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book The Kent Coalfield written by A. E. Ritchie and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Kent Coalfield: Its Evolution and Development The time has surely come when the scepticisms so generally evidenced towards the Kent Coalfield should give place to belief in its actuality, and to faith in its future. To the long delay in the sinking of the pits at Shakespeare Cliff, and the many unfulfilled prophecies concerning them, must be attributed the lack of public interest in, not to say ignorance of, the economic revolution that is now in progress in Kent. Two collieries have entered upon the producing stage, and are raising a quarter of a million tons of coal per annum; a quantity which would probably be doubled but for the disabilities imposed by the war. A third colliery has recently got both shafts into a 5-ft. seam of excellent coal, from which, in the early part of 1920, a fairly substantial output should speedily be produced. Yet another colliery has its shafts sunk almost down to the Coal Measures: so that by the end of 1920 there should be four producing collieries in Kent - the forerunners of many more that will follow as rapidly as post-war conditions of labour permit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.