In the mining industry ballots are not uncommon, and they are always taken at thepithead.
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I could now leave my clogs and pit muck at thepithead.
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Under the heading ofpitheadwelfare is included the provision of canteens.
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Supplies of milk are available topitheadcanteens on the same basis as other canteens.
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We are all aware of the tremendous stocks of coal at thepitheadand in the hands of distributors.
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The scale of allowances of food topitheadcanteens provides sufficient variety for preparing food and satisfactory meals.
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These circumstances make the number of men employed atpitheadbaths and canteens a matter of considerable importance.
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It is true that a stimulus was given to thepitheadbath scheme through the mining royalties levy which was first promoted in 1926.
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It has been estimated that we have 2,000 million tons of spoil at pitheads, near abandoned collieries or working collieries.
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Do not all the ports need baths similar to thepitheadbaths that we have at every coal mine?
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For example, one does not have residential encroachment on to apitheadwhere an operator has been located nearby to pick up coal.
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I can look back upon a period when women were doing laborious work at thepithead.
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In addition, the pit is equipped with the most modernpitheadbaths and showers and excellent canteen facilities.
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None is lying on the pitheads except what is kept as a working reserve.
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The money spent on the installation ofpitheadbaths was money well spent.
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