FOSSIL FUEL,

THE COLLIERIES,

AND

COAL TRADE.

SHEFFIELD:

PRINTED BY G. RIDGE, MERCURY OFFICE, KING-STREET.

"COAL-ONE OF THE MOST USEFUL OF ALL THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE
EARTH WHICH IT HAS PLEASED THE ALMIGHTY TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE
OF MAN."-Petition to Parliament, from Staffordshire Collieries.

LONDON:

WHITTAKER AND CO., AVE MARIA LANE;

AND G. RIDGE, KING-STREET, SHEFFIELD.