10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUTWORK»
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tutwork in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tutwork and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Practical Mining: fully and familiarly described
Tutwork is the system of letting the sinking of shafts, winses, &c., and the driving
of levels, or the spending any ground at so much per fathom, having no
participation in the minerals produced therefrom. Tribute is the system of payment
in which ...
2
Records of Mining and Metallurgy: Or, Facts and Memoranda ...
The principle involved in both tutwork and tribute operations renders the
remuneration of the miner dependent on his personal industry and intelligence.
Each tutwork bargain is worked by a given number of men, at a stated price per
Hneal or ...
John Arthur Phillips, John Darlington, 1857
3
Cornwall Its Mines and Miners
Subjoined is a specimen of tutwork in the same mine, and thereby the two kinds
of work may be compared. Tutwork.—-The contract was taken by six tutmen, in
November 1849, for as much work as they could do within the month. They were
to ...
The miners may be divided into two great classes ; the tutwork men and the
tributers; and these again may be subdivided r but no class is absolutely distinet,
— the same men may be this month on tutwork, and the next on tribute, according
to ...
Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 1838
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
with H, and would otherwise deteriorate its quality. The price usually paid for
tutwork varies from about 5/. or 61. per fathom, to 30/. or 401. depending on the
hardness of the ground, the nature of the work to be performed, and various other
...
6
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
System of Tutwork and Tribute.— Such being the leading features of mining
economy, we may proceed briefly to consider the manner in which they are
practically carried into effect, more especially in the deep and extensive mines of
Cornwall ...
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1839
7
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Difussion of ...
System of Tutwork and Tribute.— Such being the leading features of mining
economy, we may proceed briefly to consider the manner in which they are
practically carried into effect, more especially in the deep and extensive mines of
Cornwall ...
8
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
System of Tutwork and Tribute.— Such being the leading features of raining
economy, we may proceed briefly to consider the manner in which they are
practically carried into effect, more especially in the deep and extensive mines of
Cornwall ...
9
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
System of Tutwork and Tribute.— Such being the leading features of mining
economy, we may proceed briefly to consider the manner in which they are
practically carried into effect, more especially in the deep and extensive mines of
Cornwall ...
10
The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long].
System of Tutwork and Tribute.— Such being the leading features of mining
economy, we may proceed briefly to consider the manner in which they arc
practically carried into effect, more especially in the deep and extensive mines of
Cornwall, ...
Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, George Long, 1839
