> Is it known how far back the system of mining being organised under the butty or chartermaster system goes? I have evidence of this in the south Staffordshire coal industry in the period around 1760. My source is new information on the site in question, which I hope to publish in due course. What I am not clear is whether what I have found is novel or merely what is expected at the time and in the area.
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> What published literature on this should I be looking at?
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> Peter King
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