coalminer
Underground seam worker
A coalminer is a person who works in a coal mine, extracting coal from underground deposits.
The work is physically demanding and historically dangerous, associated with black lung disease, cave-ins, and explosions.
His grandfather was a coalminer in West Virginia.
Also spelled as two words: coal miner.
Pointed digging implement
- helmetProtective head covering
- headlampForward-facing vehicle light
- drillHole-boring device
- shovelTool for moving earth
canary · pitman · collier · hewer · trapper · shift · wages · union
Coal extraction site
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- privatizationState sells public assets
- tradeExchange of commodities
- exportForeign-bound sale
commodities · steel · powerplant · economy · industrialization · decline · closure · redundancy
Narrow vertical passage
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- pitFruit's hard seed
- seamJoined fabric edge
- coalfaceActive mining surface
gallery · drift · stope · mineshaft · adit · cage · elevator · tracks
Highest-grade coal variety
- bituminousContaining natural tar
- ligniteLow-rank sedimentary fuel
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- veinVessel toward heart
deposit · excavation · blasting · dynamite · jackhammer · drilling · cutting · loading
Employer-provided living space
- generationsPeople born around same time
- solidarityUnity among allies
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
poverty · pride · tradition · folk songs · brass band · working-class · memorial
pickaxe
Pointed digging implement
shovel · canary · pitman · collier · hewer · trapper · shift · wages · union · strike
colliery
Coal extraction site
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- privatizationState sells public assets
- tradeExchange of commodities
export · commodities · steel · powerplant · economy · industrialization · decline · closure · redundancy · Appalachia
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
coalface · gallery · drift · stope · mineshaft · adit · cage · elevator · tracks · cart
anthracite
Highest-grade coal variety
- bituminousContaining natural tar
- ligniteLow-rank sedimentary fuel
- oreMetal-bearing rock
vein · deposit · excavation · blasting · dynamite · jackhammer · drilling · cutting · loading · hauling
company housing
Employer-provided living space
- generationsPeople born around same time
- solidarityUnity among allies
- brotherhoodKinship among men
hardship · poverty · pride · tradition · folk songs · brass band · working-class · memorial
coalmineroffice worker
Indoor professional employee
airline pilot · roofer · quarry worker · astronaut · window washer
coalminercoal baron
Wealthy fuel mine owner
industrialist · capitalist · white-collar worker · executive · robber baron