The statistical account of Scotland Volume 15; drawn up from the communication of the ministers of the different parishes - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1795 Excerpt: ...price at the hill is somewhat better than 2S. 6d. per ton; the total value is 2750I. Sterling, of which the coalliers receive IJ75I; the remainder goes for lordship, and to support the hills-men and gin-boys, along with the tear and wear of the work. According to the calculation of men skilled in con!-mines, these 20,000 tons will at least exhaust three acres of coal annually, a waste, which, great as it may appear, we are able to support for 150 years to come; but in reality we aTe raising this season, at least, double of what was raised formerly, nay, 10 times more than what was put out about 20 years ago; this great quantity of coal is used in the following manner: The two printfields consume annually 3500 tons; above 2100 tons is used in burning lime; and the remainder in supplying the parishes of Campfie, Fintray, Balfrone, Kilaim, Strathblane, Baldernock, and partly Kirkintilloch and Kilsyth. It is doubtful if even yet the coal in this district be wTOttght to advantage; in reality, we are as yet but working the crop of the coal; it being absolutely necessary that they should either drive their levels, or erect their steam engines upon the dip side, so that they might work to the rife. Many great fields at this moment ly buried under wa,ter, owing to this defect %. It No map being made of these subterraneous works, and no documents being in the poffeffion of the proprietors, to point out when and how such a field os coal was wrought, it is only by some vague tradition, handed dowa from one generation of coalliers to another, that we pretend to judge whether the ground be wasted or not; (o that too often the pit is put down upon a trouble, or waste, to the great detriment of the adventurer; which mistake might be easily rectified, by each proprietor get...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1795 Excerpt: ...price at the hill is somewhat better than 2S. 6d. per ton; the total value is 2750I. Sterling, of which the coalliers receive IJ75I; the remainder goes for lordship, and to support the hills-men and gin-boys, along with the tear and wear of the work. According to the calculation of men skilled in con!-mines, these 20,000 tons will at least exhaust three acres of coal annually, a waste, which, great as it may appear, we are able to support for 150 years to come; but in reality we aTe raising this season, at least, double of what was raised formerly, nay, 10 times more than what was put out about 20 years ago; this great quantity of coal is used in the following manner: The two printfields consume annually 3500 tons; above 2100 tons is used in burning lime; and the remainder in supplying the parishes of Campfie, Fintray, Balfrone, Kilaim, Strathblane, Baldernock, and partly Kirkintilloch and Kilsyth. It is doubtful if even yet the coal in this district be wTOttght to advantage; in reality, we are as yet but working the crop of the coal; it being absolutely necessary that they should either drive their levels, or erect their steam engines upon the dip side, so that they might work to the rife. Many great fields at this moment ly buried under wa,ter, owing to this defect %. It No map being made of these subterraneous works, and no documents being in the poffeffion of the proprietors, to point out when and how such a field os coal was wrought, it is only by some vague tradition, handed dowa from one generation of coalliers to another, that we pretend to judge whether the ground be wasted or not; (o that too often the pit is put down upon a trouble, or waste, to the great detriment of the adventurer; which mistake might be easily rectified, by each proprietor get...
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