corves

He had to hook on the "corves," and keep an account by chalking on a board the number hoisted up.

The Mines and its Wonders William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Mining operations were being carried on with the greatest activity; coal was being piled incessantly into the trucks, which went in hundreds to empty themselves into the corves at the bottom of the shaft.

The Underground City 2003

Down in a coal black tunnel, Sir, I hurry corves to earn my pay.

Testimony of Patience Kershaw 1997

The corves are full of coal, kind Sir, I push them with my hands and head.

Testimony of Patience Kershaw 1997

The bearers came up from the pit, emptied their corves on the dump, and went down again in their endless round.

A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995

The women also began to gather: when they had emptied their corves they did not go back down the shaft but joined the silent crowd.

A Place Called Freedom Follett, Ken 1995

Mining operations were being carried on with the greatest activity; coal was being piled incessantly into the trucks, which went in hundreds to empty themselves into the corves at the bottom of the shaft.

The Underground City 1877

Philip Hexton must have walked in and out quite a couple of miles, examining ventilating-doors, seeing that the boys who opened and shut them for the corves to pass were doing their duty, and the like; and, trifling as it may sound, a great deal depends in a coal-mine upon such

Son Philip George Manville Fenn 1870

I began life in a pair of ragged breeches that didn't fit me, shoving the corves of coal in a mine; and now, "he exclaimed proudly," I'm partner as well as manager in our pit.

Son Philip George Manville Fenn 1870

Mining operations were being carried on with the greatest activity; coal was being piled incessantly into the trucks, which went in hundreds to empty themselves into the corves at the bottom of the shaft.

The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern Jules Verne 1866