This underground worker moves loaded tubs or cars of broken rock away from the active excavation sites. In historic operations, they guided pit ponies or manually pushed carts along the rails. In mechanized mines, the role involves operating small locomotives, conveyors, or load-haul-dump vehicles to keep the extraction cycle moving without bottlenecks.
We need a haulier on level four to clear out the tubs before the next shift starts drilling.
In British coal mining history, this term specifically referred to the men driving the horses, distinct from the putters who pushed tubs by hand.
Also heard as
- trammer
Related terms
Putter
A historic mine worker who pushed loaded coal tubs from the face to the main haulage road.
Hurrier
A historic occupation for a person who dragged tubs of coal from the working face to the shaft.
Drawer
A mineworker whose job was to manually push or drag loaded coal tubs from the face to the main haulageway.