Durk waggons were certainly used up rises,in stopes and small dimention
development drifts. They were moved by hand, ran on narrower gauge rails and
had a smaller capacity than horse waggons. They would therefore mainly be
used to transport material to hoppers. In some cases however where smaller
sized levels known as hand levels were driven, durk waggons would be used to
bring material out to the surface. The surviving examples are wooden but it
would be wrong to assume that this is a way to distinguish them from horse
waggons. Surviving lists of plant indicate that there were as many wooden
waggons employed in main horese levels as iron bodied.
Martin Roe
Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales
http://www.mroe.freeserve.co.uk
The Industrial Heritage of Calderdale
http://www.halifaxcouriertoday.co.uk/ftpinc/calderheritage
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