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- ↑ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. p. 121-124.
- ↑ Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.1, p.105
- ↑ Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.1, p.251
- ↑ Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.1, p.224
- ↑ Roy Gregory, The Miners and British Politics 1906-1914, p.168
- ↑ Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.1, p.298
- ↑ Trade Union Certification Officer, "Annual Return for a Trade Union: National Union of Mineworkers (Midlands Area): 2010"
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. p. 10-11.
- ↑ Gregory, Roy (1968). The Miners and British Politics 1906-1914. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 168. Figure is for 1910.