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From: Martin Roe <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: Durk Drifts and Boat levels.
> The term Durk drift is commonly found in the Arkengarthdale mines and
refers
> to a hand level i.e smaller than a horse level. It is usually used to
refer
> to a sublevel on vein. At the beggining of the 19th century the term Rolly
> way or Rolly drift is used to decribe the same feature. This apears to
> indicate an exchange of terminology with the coal mines of the North East
> where corves were moved underground on Rolly waggons.
>
> In Arkengarthdale a boat level is a mythical feature only seen by people
who
> need new glasses.
>
> Martin Roe
>
> Thanks Martin for the information on the above, I was reading about Little
Punchard Level driven on the Cocker Vein after 1821, reputed to have been a
boat level.
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