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WHEN COAL WAS KING: Fred Tonkin at Hoist
Fred Tonkin is shown operating the hoist at a Black Diamond coal mine. The hoist referred to the machinery that pulled and lowered up and down the slope, the tunnel that connected the workings of an underground coal mine to the surface facilities where …