The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #54609 Message #2029305
Posted By: Jim Lad
18-Apr-07 - 05:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Three Foot Seam (from Gary & Vera Aspey)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Workin in the three foot seam
You were lucky. We used to hear tales of 3ft seams where I worked as a lad. "Down in Yorkshire or Newcastle" they used to say "Coal seams there as high as 3ft.. Can you imagine that?" The biggest I worked in was 26 inches. True story. Jim