Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, a person employed to attend to the interests of the one to whom the royalty is payable, or of the person who works the mine.
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Examples
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a much higher order of genius; who was the son of a coal-viewer.
Thrift Samuel Smiles 1858
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It happened that the estate of Snibston, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, was advertised for sale; and the young engineer’s experience as a coal-viewer and practical geologist suggested to his mind that coal was most probably to be found underneath.
Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858
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