whats the difference?

[ruthm]

between a miner & a collier? or is'nt there one? I have a William Turner working as a collier in 1881 Stockport, i did'nt even know there were mines there! [ Class: RG11; Piece: 3475; Folio: 115; Page: 50.]

[Peter Goodey]

A miner is any type of miner. A collier is a coal miner.

[ruthm]

ta very much!

[uksearch]

between a miner & a collier? or is'nt there one? I have a William Turner working as a collier in 1881 Stockport, i did'nt even know there were mines there! [ Class: RG11; Piece: 3475; Folio: 115; Page: 50.]

Not in Stockport itself, but in the surrounding areas. There were quite a few in Poynton, in fact my bother owned and worked one in the 1970s.

UK

[ruthm]

well you learn something every day, I knew there where mines over burnley way & at Wigan, there was even open cast mining where i live, but not near Stockport.
thanks

[harry lockyer]

A miner is any type of miner. A collier is a coal miner.

A person at to do 2yrs training has a filler before he was a collier ,he was placed next to a collier when working in a stint of coal,the men all worked on a coal face and had so many yards of coal to clear on the face the faces was approx 200yds long with a loader gate in the middle and each end a supply gate or (tail gates) the coal travelled of the loader gate on conveyors when the coal came of the face by conveyors the men had to get the coal by hand ,it was under cut by a cutter with a 5 foot jib on it ,the men had to clear the cummings out under neath and the have the coal brought down by shot firing and then load the coal on the conveyors by a shovel, the keep their backs covered by setting steel bars with steel props at the corect distance a part because when the coal was cleared ,the conveyor belts was turned over into a new track so you had to make sure the line of timber being set was correct hoping this will help

[qldoz]

Hi Harry Lockyer,
Have just read your post about the difference between a miner and a collier. My father was a collier in Thorne Yks and Ingleton W.Yks and in Hyde Cheshire (near Stockport). Then he rode his bike to Kent and sent for my mother and my brother an I later. My brother also went down't pit. I joined ther RN and now I live in Australia. Your reply was interesting to me because it brought back memories if my father and brother talking and using the very same expressions to explain what they did down't pit as they said. Thanks very much for bringing back my memories.

Regards Brian:)