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Underground Lighting

Because it was rare to encounter explosive gases, lead miners were able to use candles, often attached to their felt hats by a blob of clay, and even to smoke clay pipes! Lead miners had to pay for the tools, gunpowder and candles they used out of their meagre earnings.

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PREHISTORIC BURIALROMAN PERIOD FARMANGLO-SAXON ROYAL PALACEMEDIEVAL VILLAGEMEDIEVAL CASTLEPOST-MEDIEVAL LEAD WORKINGTWENTIETH CENTURY COAL MINE