The Small MineRivalry over a job underground brings tragedy to a young Welsh coal miner. |
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User Review - SandDune - LibraryThingWhen the coal mines were nationalised in Britain in 1947, a number of smaller mines employing less that 50 men were still left in private hands. By 1961, most of the men in the fictional South Wales ... Read full review
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| Title | The Small Mine |
| Author | Menna Gallie |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Oct 2, 2007 |
| Length | 178 pages |
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