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Old 31st January 2013, 07:08 AM   #178
Andy_Ross
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Cornish Tin Miners, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Durham Coal miners and Cleveland Ironstone Miners were digging as well. One of my Great Uncles was a Mine deputy from Morrisons Pit (Ironstone) In East Cleveland. He just about lived underground.

Time Team did a 'special' on the Mines joining in with excavating some of the tunnels and galleries. there were miles and miles of them. They didn't just dig a tunnel and pack it with explosives, they had underground battles involving hundreds of men attacking into each others tunnels.
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