What is Billy Fair-play (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, June 03, 2009, 07:54 (5745 days ago) @ dink999

"Billy Fair play" in the context of mining

The Billy is used to weigh out the coal a miner / hewer produced - and then paid wages for

"Fair play" - just what it says on the pack !

Part of the problem is to do with screening the small coal bits and dust , from the sizable chucks. The miner was only paid for the sizeable chuncks rather than everything mined including the small pieces ( from memory)

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