All workings here are contrived so that the full corves are put down an inclination and the empty ones up. |
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The hurriers were not employed by the mine owners but worked directly for a collier who was paid according to the number of corves sent to bank. |
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I wear a belt and chain at the workings to get the corves out. |
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This was further compounded by the fact that Victorian children moved up to twenty corves per day, whilst being sick, malnourished and demoralised in many cases. |
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No cage was used, rope and chain wound the corves up the shaft and the men and boys rode the rope by inserting a wooden step into the rope and hanging on. |
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Instead horses guided by coal drivers were used to pull the corves. |
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Two hundred years ago coal was carried in baskets known as corves. |
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