146 Coal How Transported Cannel Coal. 



ened in front of the miners' caps, so as to give 

 them light and leave both their hands free to 

 hold the pickaxe or 

 the shovel. 



6. When the coal 

 has reached the top 

 of the shaft, it is put 

 into small cars that 

 run on a sloping 

 railroad or tramway, 

 such as you can see 

 in the large chart, 

 until it reaches a 

 railroad, along which 

 it is drawn to some 

 place where it is sold 

 for use, or to some 

 place where it can 

 be put into canal- 

 boats, or ships, and 

 go wherever water 



Interior of a Coal-Mine. 



goes. 



7. Many coal-mines are reached from the side 

 of a mountain or hill by way of a kind of tun- 

 nel instead of a shaft. Coal is brought from the 

 inside of the mine to the opening, mostly in 

 small cars which are moved by horses or mules 

 and sometimes by the miners themselves. 



8. One kind of coal, called first in Lan- 



