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Originally Posted by MBA
While working at the Radcliffe site every couple of weeks we would have to dig through the Whinsill. It was tough on all of our equipment, I cannot remember now which dragline took the brunt of the work; DG1 DG2 or the Marion. There was a coal seam running up the Broomhill Road called the Little Wonder which was the best heating coal with no ash ever. I would put a small lump on my mothers fire and within ten minute her hot water tank would be boiling and bubbling to the point we would have to run off the hot water.
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Did the open cast sell the whinstone or was it just waste?
I can remember as the district electrician in a couple of main drivages at Whittle we passed through a winstone dyke. When we reached it all the drilling equipment was changed out to hard rock gear. Labourious slow and heavy work for the 'winnings' men. I bet they were glad to see the coal and shales come back in at the other side.