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<blockquote data-quote="Retired" data-source="post: 446551" data-attributes="member: 29075"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Thanks ruston; so many coal miners have died taking their skills with them. Yes opencast mining is totally different to deep shaft mining at least you could see daylight in opencast? Apprentices were broken into the job steadily and we were responsible for loading all the timber products like pit props ready for them to go underground; one bit of training I remember is that a standard wooden pit prop would support 60 tons of weight before yielding. The colliery I started at Grange Ash near Grange Moor closed a year after I started; what a truly horrible job the miners had; the coal face was running out and had become very low indeed; I'm built like a stick insect but found crawling down the face difficult; I'm in awe of the miners working in such dreadful conditions.</p><p></p><p>Wonderful; my new headlight has just arrived and it's brilliant; I'll look forward to using this shortly; thanks again guys for your suggestions and information.</p><p></p><p>Kind regards, Col. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Retired, post: 446551, member: 29075"] Hi, Thanks ruston; so many coal miners have died taking their skills with them. Yes opencast mining is totally different to deep shaft mining at least you could see daylight in opencast? Apprentices were broken into the job steadily and we were responsible for loading all the timber products like pit props ready for them to go underground; one bit of training I remember is that a standard wooden pit prop would support 60 tons of weight before yielding. The colliery I started at Grange Ash near Grange Moor closed a year after I started; what a truly horrible job the miners had; the coal face was running out and had become very low indeed; I'm built like a stick insect but found crawling down the face difficult; I'm in awe of the miners working in such dreadful conditions. Wonderful; my new headlight has just arrived and it's brilliant; I'll look forward to using this shortly; thanks again guys for your suggestions and information. Kind regards, Col. [/QUOTE]
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