From Hooson (Miner's Dictionary, 1747)
Feigh - That which in wafhing the Ore lies uppermoft in the Sieve at
every ferving, which the Wafher Skims forth with the Limp to the
Hillock, and the Cavers fit under the Fat, to pick any Pees of Ore that
they can find in it, 'tis called Wafte.
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From Jim Rieuwert's (Glossary of Derbyshire Lead Mining Terms, 1998)
Feigh, Faigh, Ffagh, Feath Hillocks [also known as Vestry] -
Waste rock and spar, thrown onto the hillocks,
"every Miner shall have sufficient room for laying his Faigh" [High
Peak, 1601, Art. 4]
It lay uppermost in the sieve during washing and was skimmed off by a
limp. Cavers then sifted through it to find any small pieces of
remaining ore.
Feath-Hillicks = Refuse of the mines
(See also - Sleigh, J. "An Attempt at a Derbyshire Glossary", The
Reliquary, Vol. 6, 1864-5
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David Williams
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