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The Miner and the Horse I, Pit Pony: The relationship between the Cannock Chase miner and his pit pony can be seen in this piece of work. Ponies began to be used underground, often replacing child or female labour, as distances from pithead to coal increased. The first known recorded use in Britain was in Durham in 1750. Pit ponies were normally stabled underground and fed on chopped hay and maize
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