South Staffordshire Mines Drainage Act 1873
WHEREAS there are within the portion of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire known as the South Staffordshire coal field large mines of coal, ironstone, and other minerals, some of which are already so flooded with water as to prevent the working thereof, whilst the working of others is impeded and rendered more costly by the flow of water into them either immediately from the surface or from other mines, or by percolation, and large bodies of water are now collected and are increasing...