Coal (or a colliery) is said to be won when it is made accessible for exploitation; winning comprehends boring for coal, sinking the shafts, excavations, and the actual procuring of coal under circumstances favourable for its being worked.

Stent or Stint. The coalface would be divided into sections (stents) of about 8 to 10 yards in length, e.g. a coalface 150 yards long would have 15 to 18 stents. A collier would work his stent supporting the roof as the coal was removed.

The combination of coal cutters and stint belts, resulted in specialised shifts and 24 hour operations at the coalface. Prep Shift: Cutting the coal, boring and firing; Production Shift: Coal filling (by hand, shovel or fork) and erecting coalface supports

A fixed work target on the coalface that every collier is expected to do in one shift or a single week. In longwall conveyor work, it is the length, area, or volume of face that the miner regularly clears or loads out. Also called stent; cut. Click here to see list of references, authorities, sources and geographical terms as used in this glossary.

Fill coal by working along the buttock, i.e., filling the coal on to the conveyor from a position under the newly set bars (straps). Set props and bars (straps) as soon as enough coal has been cleared and sufficient roof has been exposed. 7: Examine stint and collect tools.

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The loading of broken coal at the face into conveyors or mine cars. The clearing shift is the coal-loading shift or stint. Usually the miner has a measured task or stint (stent).

This article examines managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry. On nationalisation in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) – after 1987 the British Coal Corporation – …