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PIT |
Coal Mine |
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COLLIERY |
Coal Mine |
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SLAG |
Coal mine waste |
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THILL |
The floor of a coal mine. |
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VIEWER |
The superintendent of a coal mine. |
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STENTING |
An opening in a wall in a coal mine. |
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CLAGGY |
Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings. |
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PUT |
To convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the
tramway. |
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PUTTER |
Specifically, one who pushes the small wagons in a coal
mine, and the like. |
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COG |
One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the
roof of a mine. |
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TRAM |
A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as
for carrying coal or ore. |
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JINNY ROAD |
An inclined road in a coal mine, on which loaded cars
descend by gravity, drawing up empty ones. |
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HUTCH |
A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and
hoisted out of the pit. |
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GASOSCOPE |
An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous
gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house. |
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PANEL |
One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into
which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal. |
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MINE |
To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals,
coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for
minerals; to dig a p... |