Download or read book The Coal Mining Industry in Barnsley, Rotherham and Worksop written by Ken Wain and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once employing thousands, with many collieries dotted all over the area, coal mining in the East Midlands has all but gone. Once tens of thousands depended on mining. Ken Wain tells the story of mining, its triumphs and disasters.