10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUTWORKER»
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tutworker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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... heart of the humble tributcr or tutworker. - ' The tribnters receives proportion of
the proceeds arising from the sale of the ore, the value of which varies from (id. to
13s. 44. in the pound, and it is the chance of hitting upon a rich and high-priced ...
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A treatise on British mining; with a digest of the cost book ...
has a constitution, and Jupiter and the Georgium Sidus political confederations ;
or that Venus herself is as hot and thirsty as the coast of Guinea, or the island of
Sumatra : further, they cannot be gainsaid, that a tutworker needs not study ...
Thomas Bartlett (of Lombard st.), 1850
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The London Quarterly Review
... of the humble tributer or tutworker. •The tributers receivea proportion of the
proceeds arising from the sale of the ore, the value of which varies from 6<f to 18t
. id. in the ponnd, and it is the chance of hitting upon a rich and high-priced lode
that ...
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Education, Literacy, and Society, 1830-70: The Geography of ...
... rather than wage-eamers, working in gangs of two to three men assisted by
boys whom they employed. 'Tributer' gangs contracted to dig out a section taking
a share of profits; 'tutworker' gangs contracted to dig shafts and galleys for a fee.
... in the heart of the humble tribnter or tutworker. •i ' f i . — — . — — — "The tribute
re receive a proportion of the proceeds •rising from the sale of the ore, the value
of which varies from 6d. to 18». 4d. in the pound, and it is the chance of hitting ...
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The Gommock: Exploits of a Cornish Fool in Colonial Australia
... man responsible for the mine's timber supports tributor, a miner who works
under contract, and receives a portion of the value of the ore he raises. tutworker,
one who excavates and clears the way for mining operations. wheal, a
singlemine, ...
... and, doubtless, the excitement such gentlemen feel on the London Stock
Exchange, in ' making a price ' of Consols or of N orth-VS-'esterns, is paralleled
near the Land's End, in the heart of the humble tributer or tutworker. From the
absence ...
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Bardi grubs and frog cakes: South Australian words
tutworker 105 of the grade of ore that they raised. In the copper mines of South
Australia, the miners could do tutwork or work on the tribute system, although
most of the ore at Moonta and Kadina was mined on tribute. Working on tribute
was a ...
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Miners, quarrymen, and saltworkers
The tutworker, who had the job of sinking the shafts and driving forward the levels
, also rented his pitch, and had to bid for it on the monthly setting day. But his
franchise was narrower than that of the tributer, and he was paid by the fathom ...
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Census of England and Wales. 1911 ...: Area, families or ...
TIN M INER-continfued. 11. Tutwork Man. Tutworker. Underground Agent. „
Captain. LEAD MINER. Air Compressor and Transformer Attendant. Banksman or
Lander. Bargainman. Blaster. Borer. Breaker. Buddleman, Buddler. Cager.
Cartman.
Great Britain. Census Office, 1913
