Conversation on Mines, etc., Between a Father and Son; To Which Are Added Questions and Answers to Assist Candidates to Obtain Certificates for the Management of Collieries, a Lecture on the Atmosphere - its Changes and Explosive Gas

Hardcover. Philsdelphia, J. B. Lippincott, reprint, 1890, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark brown clot stamped with gilt lettering on front cover, 326 pages plus publisher's ads in rear. Hopton was a Yorkshire miner's son, collier manager, and crusader for mine safety. This book was a bestselling treatise advocating improved ventilation and other safety improvements in mine construction and operation, written in a conversational question and answer format. Black and white diagrams throughout including folding frontispiece. Reprinted from the 8th English edition. Front hinge cracked, 2" tear to spine at bottom rear, otherwise a sound, clean copy.