(1) cover, (2) table of contents, (3 to 5) song and spoken extract about the winding-cages.
For @mangled-by-disuse and anyone else who wants it, the book I have on pitmatic! "Pitmatic" or "pitmatical" was the dialect of mine workers and their communities in County Durham (and nearby), mostly 19th and 20th century. This book is a mix of definitions, history of mining processes and miners' lives, and extracts from language sources like songs and interviews. Some extracts are written phonetically, most aren't, I don't think I photographed any of the really long phonetic ones.
This is a pretty random selection but I've included the table of contents; any bits people are nosey about, just say.
(1) A 14-year-old boy's account of working in the mines. He began working underground at age 8. This account is dated 1842 which is when the Mines And Collieries Act was passed (following the deaths of 26 children at another colliery), banning women and girls from underground work and instituting a minimum age of 10 for boys doing underground work. Women/girls/young boys continued working in some mines illegally, but they were mostly replaced by pit ponies for hauling ("putting") coal, another common children's job due to very low shaft ceilings.
In reading about textile mills I've found that child workers there by the late 19th century were limited to "half time" work AKA 36 hours a week (six hours a day, Monday to Saturday, with school in the afternoons) but I haven't found a comparable restriction for children in mines. Many mining families initially opposed child labour restrictions because they were just that desperate for money to survive. This is really off topic for a language post, I am just fascinated by child history.
(2) Report of toys found belonging to underground workers who died in the Seaham Colliery Explosion of 1880. 161 people died according to the Northern Mine Research Society, aged 14 to 71. Some died in the explosion and fire, some died of lack of oxygen afterwards. Coal dust in the air is very explosive; strategies to reduce this risk included damping it with water or diluting it with limestone dust, great for your lungs...
(1 to 3) Words for some types of rock and coal and measurements.
(4 and 5) Song clearly set to the tune of The Lambton Worm.
(1) Processes for managing water in mineshafts.
(2) Techniques of coal-cutting.
(3 and 4) Mentions of "marrow" which mangled-by-disuse was curious about (but I don't think this has anything new for you).
(5) Description of being knocked up / called for work on a morning (often like 3am) and accidentally sleeping through it.
(1) Discussion of health and safety.
(2) Vocabulary for miners' ailments.
(1) Words about payment.
(2 and 3) The much-hated yearly bond system of employment.
(1 and 2) Everyday (not mining-related) words used in pitmatic.
(3) Some lighthearted stories by miners about food.
