Coal Mining Questions and Answers.Page 3.

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

Try answering these questions before looking at the answers.

Page 3.

What is a Safety lamp? Double Click to see the answer...

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

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

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

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

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

What is a Second Means of Egress? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Self rescuer? Double Click to see the answer...

What is Setting timber? Double Click to see the answer...

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

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

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

What is a Shotstick or Shot-firing pole? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Shuttle Car? Double Click to see the answer...

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

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

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

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

What is a Snap/clip? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Snicket / Snicket Gate? Double Click to see the answer...

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

What is a Stage loader? Double Click to see the answer...

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

What is Stallage boards? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Staple shaft? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Star Clip? Double Click to see the answer...

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

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

What is Stone Dusting? Double Click to see the answer...

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is a Supply Gate? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Swally or Swilley? Double Click to see the answer...

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

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

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

What is a Tail Gate? Double Click to see the answer...

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

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

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

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

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

What is a Trailing Cable? Double Click to see the answer...

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

What is a Transfer Point? Double Click to see the answer...

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

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

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

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

What is an Upcast Shaft? Double Click to see the answer...

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

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

What is a Warwick girder? Double Click to see the answer...

What is a Water Gauge? Double Click to see the answer...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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