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MINING REVIEW: MINING REVIEW 11TH YEAR NO. 8
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SHOTFIRER: underground worker Charlie Swann, ace pigeon shooter, combines sport with useful service to local farmers by shooting unwanted pigeons; MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE: the opening of the first new Mines Rescue Station for 27 years; NAILBREAKER: night shift deputy Harold Cope keeps fit by weight training; AIRBREAKER: large coal produced by means of a No.8 nail and air under high compression.
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Underground worker combines sport with useful service to local farmers by shooting unwanted pigeons. The opening of the first new Mines Rescue Station to be built in Britain for 27 years. Night shift deputy keeps fit by weight lifting and weight training. A new installation blasting down large coal by means of a No. 8 nail and ordinary air inder high compression.