Not all mineworkers were occupied cutting coal at the coal face.
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On average nearly half the number of underground workers were not colliers. Pay books sometimes record workers’ occupations. Jobs included rippers, roadmen, repairers and ostlers.
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Photographs show the large scale of colliery surface operations. The scale of the works meant that a variety of different roles were undertaken on the surface. Jobs included farriers, banksmen, medical attendants, coal pickers, lamproom workers and clerks.
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Before the 1842 Mines Act, women, and children as young as six, were employed underground. Women hauled the coal to the pit bottom. Children worked up to 12 hours a day in roles such as door-keepers.
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