#mining
6 words tagged “mining”
Food, especially a packed lunch — old miners' word still going strong.
Welsh mining wagon that ferried colliers in and out of the pit.
Pit-head winding gear — originally the horse-powered version.
A short-handled sledgehammer swung one-handed, usually around 3–4 lb.
A colliery spoil heap — the pit-waste mounds that scar the Black Country.
A heavy short-handled sledge swung two-handed.