Working pit

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a shaft in which the ore is hoisted and the workmen carried; - in distinction from a shaft used for the pumps.

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No references found			The park is now a place enjoyed by families, dog walkers, joggers and cyclists but only 40 years ago it was a working pit which at its height gave jobs to more than 1,700 men who lived nearby. Digging deep to learn about past; EX-MINER BRINGS HISTORY TO LIFE by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) The themed activities are in addition to the museum's other attractions including the underground tour, travelling 140 metres down one of Britain's oldest working mines, visiting the stables and meeting the last-ever working pit ponies, enjoying their retirement along with Colonel, the Shire horse. MAGIC OF MUSEUM; Minister backs former colliery to bring the tourists ... by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) CAPTION(S): ALL CHANGE Ellington was once dominated by its colliery - shown above in three stages of its history from working pit to demolition. Dawn of a new era; Mining firm will kick-start housing plan for pit ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			workhouse working working agreement working anchorage Working beam working bee working capital working capital fund working class working control working day working dog working drawing Working Families Tax Credit working fluid working girl working group Working house working man working memory working model working out working papers working party working person Working pit Working point working principle working rule working storage working substance working week working-class Working-day workingman workings workingwoman Workless workload workman workmanlike Workmanly workmanship Workmaster workmate workmen's compensation Workmen's compensation act workout workout suit workpeople workpiece			Working Party on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Requirements Working Party on Nuclear Safety Working Party on Pesticide Residues Working Party on Professional Services Working Party on the Information Economy working passage working passage working passage working passage working passage working path working path working path working path working path Working peer Working peer Working peers Working peers Working people Working people Working people Working people Working People of Lowell Working People's Alliance Working permit Working permit working person Working Personnel Action File working phase Working pit Working Pit Bull Terrier Club of America working place working plan Working Point Working Point Working Point Working poor Working Poor Families Project Working Preemption Working Pressure Working Pressure Working Pressure working principle Working principle of TV Working principle of TV Working principle of TV Working Professional Pharm.D. Working Professional Pharm.D. working profile working program Working Program Budget Advisory Council Working Program Resource Advisory Committee working proposition working Q working rail working rail Working Ranch Cowboys Association Working Ratio Working Ratios Working Relationship Index Working Resource Management Council

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