pitheads
Mine shaft openings
Pitheads are the surface areas and structures at the top of a mine shaft—the entrance where workers descend and ore comes up.
The term is primarily British, referring to colliery operations: He worked at the pithead for thirty years.
By extension, pithead can describe anything located at a mine's surface entrance: pithead baths, pithead equipment.
Mine shaft superstructure
- headgearCoverings for the skull
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- hoistRaise with tackle
- cageBarred confinement structure
skip · banksman · screening · washery · baths · weighbridge · tippler · bunker
Narrow vertical passage
- aditHorizontal mine opening
- portalImposing entrance or gate
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
cage · kibble · sinking · ventilation · dewatering · crosscut · raise · haulage
Ore extractors
- terracesRaised flat outdoor areas
- working-classManual laborers as group
- solidarityUnity among allies
- kinshipState of being related
fellowship · camaraderie · cohesion · settlement · neighborhood · residents · families · chapel
headframe
Mine shaft superstructure
cage · skip · banksman · screening · washery · baths · weighbridge · tippler · bunker · sidings
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
tunnel · cage · kibble · sinking · ventilation · dewatering · crosscut · raise · haulage · conveyance
miners
Ore extractors
- terracesRaised flat outdoor areas
- working-classManual laborers as group
- solidarityUnity among allies
kinship · fellowship · camaraderie · cohesion · settlement · neighborhood · residents · families · chapel · club
colliers
Coal miners or transporters
strike · blue-collar · workforce · toil · hardship · manual · overtime · dangerous · fatigue · endurance