>"The History of the Somerset Coalfield" by C G Down & A J Warrington (David &
>Charles, 1971) contains a photograph of Lower Conygre colliery at Timsbury (p
>52) which appears to show coal being loaded onto a wagon through a chute. As
>the colliery closed in 1916 this would be about the right period, but I don't
>know whether it was a typical arrangement throughout the country.
>
>Keith Ramsey
It was fairly typical of Somerset - Camerton and Clandown pits were no more
sophisticated - but the Somerset pits were for the most part small,
difficult to work, and often undercapitalised. In most (all?) other
coalfields things were done on a grander scale.
Richard Kelham
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