Stories of the Coal Mine

About this film

LibriVox recording of Stories of the Coal Mine by Frank Mundell. Read in English by Steve C. Men, women and children (who could until 1842 be as young as four years old and from 1900 had to be over thirteen years of age) worked in the coalmines which was hard, relentless and dangerous work. This was especially true for those men who mined the coal and who were forced to work in spaces of about 30 inches (75cm) high and to tunnel using pickaxes for long distances from the main shaft. Flood, firedamp and chokedamp are ever-present dangers to the miner, all hidden maybe mere inches away to be released in response to an unlucky strike of his pick. Unleashing these deadly forces would put the miner in mortal danger of death from drowning, explosion or suffocation. Can you imagine what it would be like to be trapped hundreds of feet underground? In complete darkness? With the water level rising? Or with suffocating fumes filling the tunnel? Or with sparks igniting the escaping inflammable gas? In a tunnel that you can’t turn around in? Totally disorientated? And possibly completely alone? No – I can’t either. But having read this book and the stories related within, I have a profound res…

Directors & creators

Frank Mundell

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;young adult; mining; rescues; escapes; children's books; coal; sunday school; the sunday school union; miner; children's adventure stories; coalmines; coalminer; child workers; mining accidents; mining rescues

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