Someone posted this link on the Leicestershire Rootsweb site, but it is a national report and has information on Notts coalmines (listed for some odd reason under Derbyshire). Brian Binns http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/literature/royalcommissionreports/index.html

The coal seams surfaced, or outcropped in Derbyshire, especially along the Erewash valley, gradually becoming deeper as they dipped beneath Nottinghamshire: Coal mining was easier in Derbyshire and so began developing at an earlier date A lot of those early and shallower pits were already worked out by the time of the first world war; many Notts collieries were developed later than 1842. But it is interesting to come across many of the names linked to my own family research, especially those in the Ilkeston, Cossall and Strelley areas. Have a good new year everyone Bob Gisborne NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Binns" <bnbinns@gmail.com> To: <NOTTSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 3:24 AM Subject: [NTT] Conditions in Notts Pits > > > Someone posted this link on the Leicestershire Rootsweb site, but it is a > national report and has information on Notts coalmines (listed for some > odd > reason under Derbyshire). > > > > Brian Binns > > > > http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/literature/royalcommissionreports/index.html > > > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message