TY - BOOK AU - Wiles,Daniel TI - Mercia's take SN - 9781800750692 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2022/// CY - London PB - Swift Press KW - Miners KW - Fiction KW - Gold KW - Gold miners KW - Gold mines and mining KW - England KW - Black Country KW - Fathers and sons KW - Black Country (England) KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Social conditions KW - Great Britain KW - Victoria, 1837-1901 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N2 - 1870s, the Black Country. Michael is a miner. But it's no life for a man. Michael exhausts himself working two jobs, to send his son Luke to school, so he won't have to be a miner too. Down the pit one day, he finds a seam of gold. If he gets it out, he can save his own life, and Luke's. But his workmate has other ideas ER -