digger


a. One that digs in the ground, as a miner or a tool for digging. Webster 3rd
b. A worker who is paid by the ton for coal produced; a miner in the stricter sense. Originally the digger mined or undermined the coal; now the term is applied to the worker who merely shoots out the coal. Fay
c. A machine for removing coal from the bed of streams, the coal having washed down from collieries of culm banks above. Zern
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms












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