Peter King
49, Stourbridge Road,
Hagley,
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY9 0QS
01562-720368
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From: Peter King [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 15 November 2007 09:59
To: mining-history list.
Subject: crap work
Can any one explain the term 'crap work'? The following relates to the
lease of a coal mine in the 1690s:
The tenants were required to leave ‘a rib of coals between the old work and
the new work, and also between the old crap work and the new, and between
pit and pit, thick enough to prevent fire coming out of the old work into
the new, only digging four foot heads for their level’. They were also to
carry their deep work as forward as their crap work.
Peter King
49, Stourbridge Road,
Hagley,
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY9 0QS
01562-720368
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