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bottom captain
b. Mining. The underground workings of a mine, as distinct from the works at the surface; spec. the part of this immediately around the base of a shaft (cf. pit bottom n. at pit n.1 Compounds 2). Also: (chiefly in plural) the lowest workings in a mine (now historical). Frequently attributive, as †bottom captain (obsolete), bottom worker. Cf. bottom coal n. at Compounds 3.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > bottom of mine or working
sole1653
bottom1695
seat1860
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > supervisors or inspectors
bottom captain1778
back-overman1876
marker1901
cap-man1921
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who works in specific part of mine
bottomer1721
surfacer1852
topman1890
bottom1892
face-man1919
face-worker1926
1695 Acct. 12 July in Accts. Coal Pits Farnley (Leeds Univ. MS11) f. 55v Will: Goodall & Tho: Wood was ye men that went into ye bottom & gott by taske.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 174 The Bottom-Captains, whose business is to see that the common men perform due labour down in the mine.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 316/2 Bottoms, the deepest working parts of a Mine that is wrought either by stopeing, driving, or otherwise breaking the Lode. (Bottom, Sole, in Derbyshire).
1843 J. Y. Watson Compend. Brit. Mining 46 Wheal Virgin Copper Mine, in St. Hilary, is 120 fathoms deep; the principal workings at present being in the ‘bottoms’.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Bottom, the bottom of the shafts and roadways, &c., near the shafts.
1892 Daily News 26 Feb. 5/6 It comprises about 280,000 miners, of whom 200,000 are ‘bottom workers’.
1945 Mech Ann. vii. 195 In cold weather the exhaust system presents the disadvantages of freezing water in the hoisting shaft and causing discomfort for the cage men and other bottom workers.
1981 E. Holland Coniston Copper Mines (2007) 63 Under this debris is a whitewashed ‘engine room’ used for hoisting from the bottoms, to Deep Level hoppers.
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