The Mining Accident Which Killed 116 Children
Coal mining is an extremely dangerous but profitable business to be in. The extraction coal is known to be very precarious as tons of rock and earth push down over the miners’ heads as they go deeper into the earth trying to secure fuel for the country to run on. During the 1970s British coal mines employed over 200,000 people and produced over 100 million tonnes of coal a year to fuel the nation's ever-growing desire for fuel.
Mining on such a massive scale was very profitable but also demanded some shortcuts be taken such as destroying wildlife and creating massive piles of waste material which in this case would lead to the death of over 140 people.
Mining in the Merthyr Vale Colliery
Wales was a massive contributing factor in Britains rise to prominence during the Industrial Revolution. This was due to the massive mines used to extract the coal-rich ground. During its peak in the 1920s, Wales had over 271,000 workers labouring in the nation’s 620 mines.
This peak would however soon stagnate and retract due to recessions in the coal market and a general move away from coal to oil to power ships were crucial blows to Welsh mining. By…
