Coal Mining Questions and Answers.Page 1.

Just for fun test your knowledge of a few British coal mining words.

Try answering these questions before looking at the answers.

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What is Colliery? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Coal Miner? Double Click to see the answer...

Where does coal come from? Double Click to see the answer...

Did children work in coal mines? Double Click to see the answer...

What is an adit? Double Click to see the answer...

What is an Advanced Head? Double Click to see the answer...

What is an Advance Face? Double Click to see the answer...

What is an AFC? Double Click to see the answer...

What is an Airbagging? Double Click to see the answer...

What is an Air Split? Double Click to see the answer...

What is an Air Way? Double Click to see the answer...

What is an Anemometer? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Anthracite? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Back ripping? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Banksman? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Beethoven? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Bell Wires? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Bellmen? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Belt? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Belt Extension? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Belt Idler? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Belt take-up? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Beltman? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Bit? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Bituminous Coal? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Black Damp? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Blasting? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Bolt Torque? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Booster fan? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Bore hole? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Borer:? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Brattice? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Breaker? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Break line? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Breasting? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Broken place? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Bunkers? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Cage ( or chair )? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Canopy? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Canch? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Canvas door? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Cap Lamp? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Cappers? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Cartridge? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Cavills? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Cave in? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Caving? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Chain Conveyor? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Chock? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Chow or Chew? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Chummings (chum'uns )? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Fireclay? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Cleaning up? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Closer? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Coal cleaning? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Coal Preparation Plant? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Coalface working? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Continuous miner? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Contraband? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Cracket? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Cradle? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Crawley? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Creeper? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Crusher? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Crut? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Dan? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Drag? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Dregs or lockers? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Detonator or Det? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Deputy? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Development Work? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Diluting Gas? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Dinting? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Dip? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Dirt? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Disc? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Downcast Shaft? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Drift? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Drill? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Dudley? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Belt Drive? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Dowty? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Dues? Double Click to see the answer...

What is an Eimco? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Extraction? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Face? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Face Entry? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Fall? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Fault? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Feeder? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Filling? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Firedamp? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Fissure? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Flameproof Equipment? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Flat? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Flat-Plate? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Flight Bars? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Floor? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Floor Heave? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Foot blocks? Double Click to see the answer...

What are Fork or hambone? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Fossil fuel? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Friable? Double Click to see the answer...