, Hb, 591 pp + 165 Advertising pages, Colliery Guardian, 1955

A description of the deep mines operated by the National Coal Board or under licence from NCB. Data for each mine includes its address, telephone number, type of mineral extracted (coal, fireclay, ironstone etc), the names of the seams worked and the number of men employed above and below ground in 1950. Over 100 pages of adverts appear in the book as well as numerous pull out maps. (spine split and DO on front Ver otherwise good condition)