| 11. | By 1900, about 5, 000 men worked in the deep mines of George's Creek.
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| 12. | These were in the days before the deep mines appeared penetrating the limestone cap.
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| 13. | Many of them specialized in pumping the water out of very deep mining shafts.
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| 14. | But coal from deep mines could not be counted on for several more years.
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| 15. | The watershed of Rausch Creek experienced extensive deep mining in the early 20th century.
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| 16. | The first deep mine in the parish was Mearns Coalworks which began in 1783.
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| 17. | Later the Cary Salt Works started a 840 ft deep mine south of Winnfield.
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| 18. | The last of the NCB deep mines closed in 1965.
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| 19. | And they'll be going after the deep mines next ."
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| 20. | Limited deep mining resumed under contractors and contract surface mining continued into the 1990s.
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