tomferry
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I have been reading some of my coal mining books for early mining methods and came across a page containing this image I shall attach a link below as I can?t insert the image myself .
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=coal+mining+ladies+carrying+baskets&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjA1s7ysrXzAhWO_IUKHUQvDwUQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=coal+mining+ladies+carrying+baskets&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzoECB4QCjoCCCk6BAghEAo6BAgAEA06BQgAEIAEOgYIABAFEB46BggAEAgQHjoECAAQGFDeF1jeU2CwWWgAcAB4AIABkgGIAc8akgEFMjYuMTCYAQCgAQHAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=X2JdYYCrNo75lwTE3rwo&bih=715&biw=414&client=safari&prmd=sivxn#imgrc=XfJnFzitRC5HZM
In the book it says : in the early days of coal mining many ways where devised to get the coal from the depths of the earth .this method was used in Scotland and it consisted of a circular wooden staircase , as far as we no the idea was never used in Wales . We should remember that we are only dealing with children in wales , similar conditions existed in other coal fields in Britain .
The book is about child Labour in mines . I have also read about this is other coal mining books , they said it was woman who did this job typically , the children would drag the corves out from the working face and empty them into hazel or willow baskets to be carried out ?like the image ? or by windlass or stair case , in other images it shows a similar image in situ in a bell pit
Does anyone else have any knowledge or proof of this technique being used ?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=coal+mining+ladies+carrying+baskets&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjA1s7ysrXzAhWO_IUKHUQvDwUQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=coal+mining+ladies+carrying+baskets&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzoECB4QCjoCCCk6BAghEAo6BAgAEA06BQgAEIAEOgYIABAFEB46BggAEAgQHjoECAAQGFDeF1jeU2CwWWgAcAB4AIABkgGIAc8akgEFMjYuMTCYAQCgAQHAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=X2JdYYCrNo75lwTE3rwo&bih=715&biw=414&client=safari&prmd=sivxn#imgrc=XfJnFzitRC5HZM
In the book it says : in the early days of coal mining many ways where devised to get the coal from the depths of the earth .this method was used in Scotland and it consisted of a circular wooden staircase , as far as we no the idea was never used in Wales . We should remember that we are only dealing with children in wales , similar conditions existed in other coal fields in Britain .
The book is about child Labour in mines . I have also read about this is other coal mining books , they said it was woman who did this job typically , the children would drag the corves out from the working face and empty them into hazel or willow baskets to be carried out ?like the image ? or by windlass or stair case , in other images it shows a similar image in situ in a bell pit
Does anyone else have any knowledge or proof of this technique being used ?