1. Who might be called Wallsend's Mr Coal?
Tommy Mann
George Stephenson
John Buddle
2. Which of Wallsend Colliery's seven pits was named after a person?
The Tommy Mann Pit
The John Buddle Pit
The John Smith Pit
3. What might Wallsend have looked like 200 million years ago?
Swamp, jungle, tropical forest and mud
Forests, grasslands and lakes
4. What do we call the layers in the rock and coal "sandwich"?
strata
wedges
5. Following the coal seam into the hillside is called?
Drift Mining
Coal mining
Bell Pits
6. What sort of pits did early miners dig?
Buddle Pits
Bell Pits
Drift Mines
7. What job did the corvers do?
Made wicker baskets to bring the coal up in
Filled the tubs with coal
Drove the horses in the gin to turn the engine
8. The trappers were the persons
responsible for the method of working and ventilating the mine
True
False
9. Who invented the Safety Lamp?
Humphry Davy
John Buddle
George Stephenson
10. The Wallsend Pit Disaster of 1835 occured in which pit?
First Engine Pit
G Pit
West Pit
