2007-04-30 14:57:13 · 6 answers · asked by hiupotato010 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Of course! yes, they had iron, tin and copper and lead mines, but mainly they had coal mines. In order to have an industrial revolution they had to have steam engines, and steam engines require loads of coal, first to melt the iron to make the engines, and then to burn in the steam engines to make the stea,. So the Victorians had a LOT of coal mines!
In the early 1800s the amount of coal mined in Britain was equal to the total amount of coal mined in the whole rest of the world put together.
2007-04-30 16:09:20 · answer #1 · answered by matt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as people have smelted iron to make tools, there have been mines of some type or another. That includes victorian england.
2007-04-30 15:05:50 · answer #2 · answered by v_2tbrow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grimes Graves in Norfolk is a Neolithic flint mine. So the answer is yes
2007-04-30 22:01:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Especially in Cornwall, Devon and Wales, and small children worked in them. Tiny Shetland ponies were used to cart out because they could fit better in the tunnels.
2007-04-30 15:20:53 · answer #4 · answered by emenbensma 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There were coal mines. And explosive mines both land and sea mines. The water bourne ones were called torpedoes, even they were not self propelled.
2007-04-30 16:16:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure, where do you think the coal came from?
2007-04-30 18:18:52 · answer #6 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋