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The 1842 Mines Act

• No female was to be employed underground
• No boy under 10 years old was to be employed underground.
• Parish apprentices between the ages of 10 and 18 could continue to work in the mines.

There were no clauses relating to hours of work, and inspection could only take place on the basis of checking the 'condition of the workers'. Ironically, many women were annoyed that they could no longer earn the much needed money.