A question for all you old miners and pit workers or anyone in the know really

It's a strange question but there is a point to it, I need a name for an event we've planned and it needs to be a catchy name but with a local twist. I've come up with a few different ideas but I thought i'd tap into the BBSers local knowledge and try and pick something out.

I need to know names for the different parts of a coal mine/pit and especially local slang for parts of the mine/pit too. Even names of anything linked with a coal mine, different tools, jobs, place names.

Stuff like:

The more weird the better.

 

Coal not dole, coal not dole, coal not dole !

 

ok i`ll start you off with a few.... main gate...tail gate.....gob hole.....(pronounced gobole...of cause)...Rip....stable hole...Face....the geordies would take bait to work...we had snap....and dudley`s.....

I`m sure there will be many more to follow.

 

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http://www.stokecoll.ac.uk/nscfweb/glossary/aterms.htm try this site for plenty of mining terminology.just a thought.

 

'eres a good 'un........

Call your event the 'Swaithe Main Explosion'


google it up....


if your event is in Barnsley or..... Wombwell Main, Barnsley Main, Skiers Main Woolley Mai.... etc...


even if their was no pit...... like Cawthorne Main Explosion.....




other words I like are.... Main Gate Ripper

and Levytag, sometimes Levythag, the pit at Stainborough

 

hot off the press....................

this stuff makes me proud of 'em.....

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B06E3DD103BEF34BC4F53DFB467838E669FDE




and see how the mine owners blame it on 'careless blasting' like... it was the shotfirers fault.....

 

DJ Fatty Boy.. some Mining terms for you

Maingate.. Road that led to one end of the coalface and carried air into in
Tailgate.. Road from the other end of the coal face that carried air/dust away from it.
Boxhole.. Underground office where officials completed their shift reports and handed over to the next shift.
Drift., Incline/decline in the road.
Paddy house.. where the Transport Engine and the driver for the underground train were housed.
Packhole.. either end of the coalface that was supported with timber.

there are many more..
I believe the local band XRippers took their name from pit jobs.. ie Maingate and Tailgate Rippers. These people were responsible for advancing the roadways as the Coalface advanced. This process was replaced by the more productive retreat mining system.
I could really write a book about this but just don't have the time.

 

THE DOSCO DISCO, OR IF IT'S GAY, THE RING THING

 

Panza chain</p>

Armoured face conveyor.</p>

TailGate Dint</p>

Pigs ears gone on the blue boy.</p>

Lockers and starclips.</p>

Tramming.</p>

Farrels slit.</p>

Stage loader.</p>

Upcast shaft, downcast shaft, fan drift.</p>

gate end box</p>

slot track creeper</p>

 

"Pigs ears gone on the blue boy"

Now that's got me intrigued . . .

 

My favorite term (apt for one or two on here) was the GOB!

 

RE: "Pigs ears gone on the blue boy"

It means a sprocket tooth has broken on the tail gate mini-conveyor.

 

RE: "Pigs ears gone on the blue boy"

Of course it does.

Thanks.

 

Baronesse HILDA

 

Heres a few not covered

Stemming
Dinter
Ring(Girder)
Shotfirer
Gummer and Gummings (Coal left by cutting machine)
Sylvester (device for pulling props out of the waste)
Chock Block (block of wood for roof supports) also a 'Pad' similar
Shearer
Shearer Pick
Powder Monkey (man that carries the explosive)

 

Wooden Wedge
Pillocker - device that linked mine cars
Swilley Willey - Name given to a worker deployed in a swilley area

 

Best thread ever!

 

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