BETWEEN A FATHER AND SON,

BY WILLIAM HOPTON,

COLLIERY MANAGER, ST. HELENS, LANCASHIRE.

Author of "The Lund Hill Mode of Ventilation," and "Practical Treatise
on Gases, Explosions, Ventilation, and the Workings of Mines."

St. Helens, March 14, 1864.

The undermentioned persons have examined the Plans, &c., connected with
the work, and have unanimously pronounced them to be of great practical
utility, and the work to be one which has hitherto been much needed by

ABEL HEYWOOD AND SON, 56 & 58, OLDHAM STREET.
TO BE HAD FROM ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1868.

Price Two Shillings and Sixpence.

Copyright. Entered at Stationers' Hall.

Any communications for the Author, addressed care of Mr. CHARLES THRUSH,

23, Russell Street, St. Helens, will be duly received.

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PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.

HOPTON'S Conversations on Mines between a Father and Son is again sold off, and large orders are daily sent in from every mining district in the British Islands, and also from America. It is from request that the Author publishes this Third Edition of his work, the demand for the same being so great.

When Mr. Hopton wrote the work it was not with the intention, neither did he ever expect it to have been published in the form and style it now appears, but only in articles suitable for public newspapers; and not before eleven hundred copies were ordered did he consent, after much request, to have it published as it now appears.

At the age of 7 years Mr. Hopton laboured in mines, and at 21 years of age he was engaged to take charge of the underground workings. His Son, also, is underground viewer under him, and the son of a "colliery proprietor" is also with him, learning the duties of mine management, so that he,