Title: Dust in my throat
Description: Book was about the rise of mechanized mining i.e. the move away from what was known as " Hand filling" were coal was Shot fired & then shoveled to the system were coal was cut & loaded by a coal cutting machine that was known as a "shearer" 
I read the book in the 60's when i was a collier & was impressed by his descriptions of the personalities of the machine men.
     A book worth reading