Mining Occupations

Post by **Anne H** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:19 am

I was trying to transcribe a DC and couldn't decipher what kind of coal miner my ancestor was and discovered, according to the following site, that he was likely an Oncostman which means 1894: Workman not paid by the day http://www.dmm.org.uk/educate/mineocc.htm ...very interesting site for specific descriptions of coal miners. I wonder if miners who were paid by the day were like "temps" who went from mine to mine when needed and the others were permanent

Regards,
Anne H

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 10:38 am

Hi Anne
What a useful list. I'm sure it will be of help to many of our members, so I've added to the "working lives" link
http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 9967#29967

Thanks
Best wishes
Lesley