(mining) A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
(mining) A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road. Proceeding there in company with my eldest brother-in-law, a plate-layer and surfaceman on the Northern.
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(mining) The surface of coal exposed by mining, or a part of a coal seam that is currently being mined.
(UK) A stonecutter.
(mining, historical) A person employed to examine the state of the mine workings, to check that they are properly ventilated, and sometimes to build pillars to support the roof in the waste.
(British) Someone who has earned the right to work his/her own mine in the Forest of Dean.
(Scotland) A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track.
To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road. Proceeding there in company with my eldest brother-in-law, a plate-layer and surfaceman on the Northern.