The children that worked in factories and mines were subject to harsh and quite often brutal conditions. The people that owned the textile mills were very quick to find that they could hire children to work for them but for lower prices than the adults so the children had more jobs in factories then adults. In 1788 it has been estimated the 2 thirds of the work force in Cotton factories in Scotland and England were children rather than adults. Older children such as teenagers often operated the weaving machines but the more dangerous was left for the younger children. In the cotton factories there were 2 types of dangerous jobs for children the first were called Piecers they had to watch a number of machines at a time and if a thread was broken they had to fix it now you might be saying that they would just stop the machine and you would repair the thread but no they had to repair them while the machine was still running. The second type are scavengers the had to collect loose thread and scrap material again while the machine was continually running. In the mines there were also 2 different types of jobs hurries and trappers the hurriers had to carry baskets or tow trucks of coal to the surface of the mine this was completed through these small tunnels this job was usually completed by Girls as young as 6 or 7 and they would wear a belt or chain around their waist to pull their carts. The second job was as a trapper their job was to open and close the ventilation door in the shaft to let the hurriers to pull their carts threw children that were as young as 4 or 5 could be employed to work as trappers and usually were down there in the dark 4 at least 14 hours a day.