Laws against child labour were passed. Children younger than 12 were not allowed to work in factories, children younger than 16 were not allowed to work at night, and women younger than 21 years old were not allowed to work underground.
I just assumed it was mining-related. I tried to track it down for more detail for you but couldn’t find anything mentioning that specifically (I’m guessing one of the books about Leopold does, but I haven’t read any of them and didn’t search there), unfortunately Wikipedia doesn’t offer a citation.
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I just assumed it was mining-related. I tried to track it down for more detail for you but couldn’t find anything mentioning that specifically (I’m guessing one of the books about Leopold does, but I haven’t read any of them and didn’t search there), unfortunately Wikipedia doesn’t offer a citation.