Worst Jobs in a Victorian Coal Mine, Ranked

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Discover the worst jobs in a Victorian coal mine, ranked from the trapper to the deputy. Learn what life was really like for children and men underground in the 19th century. Chapters: 00:00 The job for five-year-olds 00:12 Three questions 00:24 Why children 00:36 Rank 1: the trapper 00:48 No candle 01:00 The cheapest job, the biggest stake 01:12 Rank 2: the hurrier 01:24 Miles of it, every day 01:36 What actually shocked people 01:48 Rank 3: the hewer 02:00 And it destroyed him 02:12 The specialists 02:24 The pony was worth more 02:36 It shows in the accounts 02:48 Rank 4: the deputy 03:00 The flame is the instrument 03:12 So they dug deeper 03:24 One shaft 03:36 Hartley, 1862 03:48 Then two shafts became law 04:00 Rank 5: the viewer 04:12 How you rose 04:24 They went down and asked 04:36 A transcript, not an argument 04:48 The Act passed the same year 05:00 And then the wages stopped 05:12 One inspector 05:24 The real ranking 05:36 Everyone could see the terms

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The job for five-year-olds
The job for five-year-olds
Worst Jobs in a Victorian Coal Mine, Ranked
Three questions
Three questions
Why children
Why children
Rank 1: the trapper
Rank 1: the trapper
No candle
No candle
The cheapest job, the biggest stake
The cheapest job, the biggest stake
Rank 2: the hurrier
Rank 2: the hurrier
Miles of it, every day
Miles of it, every day
What actually shocked people
What actually shocked people
Rank 3: the hewer
Rank 3: the hewer
And it destroyed him
And it destroyed him

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