Hello Listers, The question has been raised of the relative financial benefits of working in a mine or textiles. As far as I am aware there are few records of the earnings of mine workers in the 19th century. I believe that this is because most pay was on a piece work basis and often, once the miner had earned enough, he would not work for the remaining shifts of the week. Practises varied across the various coalfields. However there is a wealth of recorded data for the textile industry and a small part transcribed from Yokshire Past and Present is below. At Waterloo Mills Pudsey 1863: No weaving on the premises, cloth sold in balk to Leeds merchants, and finished under their directions in Leeds. On the premises; Average weekly wages each: 3 Managers.................21s 0d 1 Engine tender...............24s 0d 2 Dyers and scourers of wool..........25s 0d 1Wool dyer...................21s 0d 3 Carriers..................15s 0d 2 Willyers--- one at 14s., one at..........17s. 2 Cleaners or fettlers-----one at 13s.., one at .....14s. 3 Young persons teasing, plucking and moiting wool above 13 years.....7s. 11 Scribbler fillers above 13 years..................7s. 6d. 12 Slubbers (with 720 billey spindles).................24s. 0d 14 Piecers for above, above 13 years.................4s. 0d 28 Children, piecers, under 13 years..................2s 0d 12 Carder fillers, above 13 years...................5s 6d 15 Spinners (with 4920 mule spindles)..................25s. 0d. 15 Piecers for above, above 13 years..................6s. 0d. 1 Drier of scoured cloth.......................14s. 0d. 2 Brushers of above.-----women ....................7s. 0d. 6 Fullers.............................22s. 0d. 2 Tenterers............................21s. 0d. 1 Watchman.............................14s. 0d. Not on the premises; 120 Weavers, hand-loom---Men....................14s. 7 Warpers, hand-loom-----Women..................14s. 40 Burlers.......Women..................6s. Wool sorting was done by the proprietors themselves.The above hands produce about 80 pieces, or 160 ends of cloth, averaging 23 yards per end, or 3680 yards of cloth, weekly. The steam-power employed is about 62 horse.