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    1. [VA-Har-Mon] Benjamen Franklin Tharp
    2. Diana Ledger

    3. Hi list, Thank you all for you responses to my post. Does anyone know what a Collier is? I tried to find what kind of occupation and nothing. Diana

    07/23/2002 03:08:39
    1. Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Benjamen Franklin Tharp
    2. Barbara & George Grenier

    3. A coal miner. Charcoal makers can also be called colliers but I would bet coalminer Barbara At 06:08 PM 7/23/02, you wrote: >Hi list, > >Thank you all for you responses to my post. Does anyone know what a >Collier is? I tried to find what kind of occupation and nothing. > >Diana

    07/23/2002 12:14:00
    1. Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Benjamen Franklin Tharp
    2. Bob Cunningham

    3. Diana - A collier is a dealer or worker in coal, basically a rather upscale term for a coal miner. A colliery is a coal mine and usually the above-ground equipment associated with the mine, i.e., the coal tipple, etc., needed to bring the coal out of the mine to surface level. Regards, Bob Cunningham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Ledger" <Diana@protouchinc.com> To: <VA-Harrison-Monongalia-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 9:08 PM Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Benjamen Franklin Tharp > Hi list, > > Thank you all for you responses to my post. Does anyone know what a Collier is? I tried to find what kind of occupation and nothing. > > Diana > >

    07/23/2002 03:20:01