Travel Bug Dog Tag "Harry the Hewer" Travel bug.

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Current Goal

To travel around the country from cache to cache telling his story.

About This Item

A hewer is a man who cuts coal, removing it from the coal face. His was normally one of the most dangerous jobs in coal mines because in addition to the usual dangers, coal would fall from the face and sometimes the roof would fall in. Normal procedure for hewers was to cut a slot in the base of the coal seam so that coal would drop, or be coerced into dropping down under gravity. The roof immediately above the coal was also liable to fall. Hewers, being in the vicinity of this activity were often killed by accidental falls of coal or stone. Hewers death certificates frequently record this as the cause of death. In fact it became such a commonplace accident that the Inspector of mines in Britain generally recorded it with little investigation, since there was little they could do about it.
Hewing was hard work, and mining culture in many places records the strength and bravery of the hewer.
The terms hewer and hewing are recorded in the mining glossaries as being primarily used in Newcastle, England.

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    Tracking History (4389.2mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 7/28/2010 The Jester Family placed it in Overton Oven North Wales, United Kingdom - 51.25 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/26/2010 The Jester Family retrieved it from PIRATEMANIA 2010 West Midlands, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    Found in the Treasure Chest at UK Geocachers shop while at Piratemania. Taken over the border to Wales and will move on soon.
    Dropped Off 7/18/2010 ANDYBUG&LADYBIRD placed it in PIRATEMANIA 2010 West Midlands, United Kingdom - 72.73 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/18/2010 ANDYBUG&LADYBIRD retrieved it from Skeg to Ness #133 East Midlands, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    A beautifully crafted tb with a very interesting tale - we'll get him on the move very soon 🙂
    Dropped Off 7/16/2010 blagdon37 placed it in Skeg to Ness #133 East Midlands, United Kingdom - 66.26 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 5/10/2010 blagdon37 retrieved it from Buzby's Peaceful Places (Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4 Bonus) East Midlands, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    Pleased to see this very nice TB is now on the move, something we will help him to do more of.
    Dropped Off 5/5/2010 Nutty_and_Evil placed it in Buzby's Peaceful Places (Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4 Bonus) East Midlands, United Kingdom - 44.81 miles  Visit Log
    • Harry at the entrance to his new home Sorry about the quality of the pic, only had mobile with me.
I don't expect him to be in this cache for very long.

It would be fantastic if whoever picks him up could take him to visit 49er or the Clementine caches at the old Nettleton mines befor he leaves the area.
    Retrieve It from a Cache 5/3/2010 Nutty_and_Evil retrieved it from The Dobbers Travel Bug/Geo Coin Hotel East Midlands, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    Liked this TB, picked him up to read more about him & move on, TFT-TB
    Discovered It 2/27/2010 The Imp discovered it   Visit Log

    Seen in the Humberside TB/Coin Hotel while out caching with Wengland Ramblers. Thanks for sharing
    Discovered It 2/11/2010 bobby26boy discovered it   Visit Log

    Spotted in Dobber's Hotel.
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