• This is a partial glossary of coal mining terminology commonly used in the coalfields of the United Kingdom. Some words were in use throughout the coalfields...
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    Bell pit (category Coal mining)
    resources. Drift mining Open-pit mining Industry and the Eglinton Castle estate Glossary of coal mining terminology "Streetgate Bell Pit". Sunniside Local...
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    descriptions of redirect targets Coal-mining region – Basin with coal deposits Glossary of coal mining terminology Environmental impact of the coal industry...
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    Hoist (device) Pulley Winch Hard Rock Miner's Handbook Glossary of coal mining terminology De la Vergne, Jack (2003). Hard Rock Miner's Handbook. Tempe/North...
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  • of gas detection depend on the methods used. Firedamp Blackdamp Stinkdamp Whitedamp Glossary of coal mining terminology "After-damp". A Glossary of Mining...
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    at 500,000 tonnes per year. Drift mining Shaft mining Slope mining Strip mining Glossary of coal mining terminology Bullard Jr., William Rotch (1962)...
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    Sough (category Mining in the United Kingdom)
    necessary for de-watering mines. Adit Great Haigh Sough Glossary of coal mining terminology Mine dewatering Water Wars: Meerbrook Sough, British Geological...
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    Adit (redirect from Gallery (mining))
    main purpose of a sough is to drain water from the mine. Glossary of coal mining terminology Mine caps Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879)....
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  • Blackdamp (category Coal mining)
    Mazuku Firedamp Whitedamp Stinkdamp Afterdamp Glossary of coal mining terminology Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of fire-damp. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved...
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    Shaft sinking (redirect from Shaft (mining))
    Drift mining Engine shaft Headframe Man engine Raise borer Salt-concrete Underground mining (hard rock) Underground mining (soft rock) Glossary of coal mining...
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  • Firedamp (category Coal mining)
    Glossary of coal mining terminology Abercarn colliery disaster Coalbed methane Darr Mine Disaster Gresford Disaster Maypole Colliery disaster Mining accident...
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  • Whitedamp (category Coal mining)
    Afterdamp Glossary of coal mining terminology "Definition of WHITE DAMP". www.merriam-webster.com. Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of fire-damp. Online Etymology...
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    issues in Turkey Glossary of coal mining terminology Taşkömür (literally stone coal) in Turkish means "hard coal". On Wikipedia, hard coal redirects to "anthracite"...
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  • that wall whilst still offering some degree of protection. See hoarding. Glossary of coal mining terminology "The Hartley Pit Disaster". The Illustrated...
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    My Own (compiled by Kathy Henderson, Pluto Press, 1979). Glossary of coal mining terminology Carusu Channel 4. "The Worst Jobs in History - Hurrier"....
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  • Bradford Colliery (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
    to the surface. Glossary of coal mining terminology Notes In this part of Lancashire a coal seam is referred to as a mine and the coal mine as a colliery...
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    and Burnley. Glossary of coal mining terminology Davies 2010, p. 217. Nadin 2006, p. 8. Challinor 1972, p. 158 Nadin 2006, p. 9. Records of the Mines Inspectorate...
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    Oaks explosion (category 1866 mining disasters)
    [citation needed] List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll Glossary of coal mining terminology Upcast and downcast refer to the direction in which air travels...
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    Haydock Collieries (category Coal mining disasters in England)
    to Bellerophon at Wikimedia Commons List of mining disasters in Lancashire Glossary of coal mining terminology Latham 1980, p. 2 Davies 2010, p. 217 Smallwood...
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  • Office of the SS ZGS – Zollgrenzschutz or Customs Border Protection Glossary of German military terms Glossary of the Weimar Republic Language of Nazi concentration...
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  • Chanters Colliery (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
    in World War II. Glossary of coal mining terminology Notes In this part of Lancashire a coal seam is referred to as a mine and the coal mine as a colliery...
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  • Wellington Pit (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
    year. List of Collieries in Astley and Tyldesley Glossary of coal mining terminology Hayes 2004, p. 65 North and East Lancashire's Mining Industry in...
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  • Combermere Colliery (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
    mid-1930s. List of Collieries in Astley and Tyldesley Glossary of coal mining terminology Hayes 2004, p. 63 Tyldesley Coal Company, Durham Mining Museum, retrieved...
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    Chisnall Hall Colliery (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
    water. They are surrounded by high, protective brick walls. Glossary of coal mining terminology North Western Division Map 89, The Coalmining History Research...
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    Astley Green Colliery (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
    the manager died. List of collieries in Astley and Tyldesley Glossary of coal mining terminology In this part of Lancashire a coal seam is referred to as...
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  • Cleworth Hall Colliery (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
    manufacturing coal were mined from the Black and White, Six-Foot and Trencherbone, mines. List of collieries in Astley and Tyldesley Glossary of coal mining terminology...
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  • Shakerley Colliery (Greens) (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
    country but closed by 1886. List of Collieries in Astley and Tyldesley Glossary of coal mining terminology Collieries of the United Kingdom At Work in 1869:...
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  • St George's Colliery (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
    purposes until 1964. List of Collieries in Astley and Tyldesley Glossary of coal mining terminology Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (1848). Memoirs...
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    Senghenydd colliery disaster (category Coal mining disasters in Wales)
    Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. Glossary of coal mining terminology History of coal mining List of disasters in...
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  • Yew Tree Colliery (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
    Tyldesley Glossary of coal mining terminology List of mining disasters in Lancashire Nadin 2006, p. 48. Tyldesley Coal Company, Durham Mining Museum, retrieved...
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