Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Parliament and The Mining Industry-The Minimum Wage Act, 1912-''The Miner's Next Step"--II. The War Years, 1914-1918 -- III. The Mining Industry in 1913 and 1935 -- IV. The Sankey Commission -- V. After The Sankey Reports-The 1920 Stoppage-The Comparison with 1920-The 1921 Stoppage-The Mining Industry Act, 1920 (Part 2) -- VI. A Period of Calm-The March of Events, 1924-The Buckmaster Enquiry-Another Brief Truce-The Macmillan Enquiry-The 1925 Subsidy -- VII. The Samuel Commission -- VIII. The 1926 Stoppage-The General Strike -- IX. The Mining Industry Act, 1926-The Lewis Committee -- X. The Years 1926-1936 -- XI. The 1930 Act -- XII. District Agreements -- XIII. Wages-Short-Time Working-Overtime -- XIV. The Survival of The Fittest -- XV. The 1935 Dispute and The Terms of Settlement. -- XVI. "Offtakes"-Notes on "Offtakes"--XVII. Amalgamations-Compulsion and The Rights of Minorities -- XVIII. The Selling Agencies -- XIX. Exports -- XX. Selling Prices-Transfer Prices-Association With other Industries -- XXI. Mining Royalties-State Acquisition and Method of Leasing-Mining Wayleaves -- XXII. Mechanization-Accidents-The Miners' Welfare Fund -- XXIII. The Mineworkers' Federation -- XXIV. The Mining Association -- XXV. The Mineworkers' Federation and Reorganization -- XXVI. The Mineworkers' Federation and Average Wages -- XXVII. Alternative Policies -- XXVIII State Control -- XXIX. The Nationalization of Mines Bill -- XXX. The Future -- XXXI. The By-Product Industries (Oil From Coal)-The Various Processes-Other Uses For Coal -- XXXII. Conclusion -- The Half-Year January to June 1936 -- Appendices -- I. The Statistics of The Industry -- II. Annual Production, Exports, and Bunkers