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Historical directory term
Mining Companies
Business / establishment
Mixed / owner-operator business
Variable manual labour
Historical business category
What did this occupation involve?
This Sands heading grouped companies involved in mining. The precise services, products or scale of business varied between firms.
Historical wording: Housetory describes occupations according to the period and evidence available. Gender is retained where it is historically meaningful to a title or role; otherwise it is not assumed.
How Housetory classifies this entry
These classifications are present-day aids to help readers understand the character of the work. They sit alongside, rather than replace, the historical wording used in Sands and other sources.
Entry typeBusiness / establishment
Modern work classMixed / owner-operator business
Manual labourVariable
Typical work settingMixed premises / customer-facing
Seen in supplied Sands indexes
1890
Housetory connections
As Sands observations are linked to the canonical Trades & Professions registry, this area can show the people, houses, streets and directory years where this occupation appears in Housetory.
Planned linkage
House → resident → Sands evidence → occupation → other people and places