#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.