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There were a few horses used underground at Nenthead, but only on the main haulage ways, these horns were found in the 'flat' workings there would be no horses there. Ken Fawell wrote: > Cow horns with their tips removed were once used commonly on farms for > administering liquid medicines to livestock. Were there any pit ponies > used at Nenthead? > > Ken Fawell. > The Nenthead pattern of carbide lamp was quite large and robust and the top would come off completely to reveal the carbide chamber, the diameter of which would be wider than a horn, so probably not for loading lamps either, in this case.