A sinker in mining in the 19th century was a worker who specialized in creating new vertical mine shafts.[1]
The job was highly skilled and the workers who did this work were often regarded as an elite workforce.
References
edit- ^ "A Glossary of Mining Terms used in mid 1800s". GENUKI. GENUKI. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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