# Corf (mining)

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{{Short description|Basket or small wagon used for carrying coal}}
[[File:Hurrier Cobden 1853.jpg|thumb|A [hurrier](/source/hurrier) and two thrusters heaving a corf full of coal as depicted in the 1853 book ''The White Slaves of England'' by J Cobden.]]
A '''corf''' (pl. corves)  also spelt '''corve''' (pl. corves) in [mining](/source/mining) is a [wicker](/source/wicker) [basket](/source/basket) or a small human powered (in later times in the case of the larger mines, horse drawn) [minecart](/source/minecart) for carrying or transporting coal, ore, etc.<ref name=dictionary>{{cite book|last1=Jamieson|first1=John|title=An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language|date=1840|publisher=W. Tait|page=245|edition=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dotHAQAAMAAJ&q=fish+corf+scottish}}</ref> Human powered corfs had generally been phased out by the [turn of the](/source/Turn_of_the_century) 20th century, with horse drawn corfs having been mostly replaced by horse drawn or motorised minecarts [mounted on rails](/source/Mine_railway) by the late 1920s. Also similar is a [Tram](/source/Tram), originally a box on runners, dragged like a sledge.

== Origin of term ==
[[File:Whitehaven corf.JPG|thumb|right|A basket style corf held at the [National Coal Mining Museum for England](/source/National_Coal_Mining_Museum_for_England)]]
1350–1400;  Middle English from Dutch and German ''Korb'', ultimately borrowed from Latin ''corbis''  basket;<ref name=dictionary /> cf. ''corbeil''.

==Survivors==
The [National Coal Mining Museum for England](/source/National_Coal_Mining_Museum_for_England) has a hazel basket type Corf from William Pit near [Whitehaven](/source/Whitehaven).<ref name=NCM>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncm.org.uk/collections/tools-of-the-trade |title=Tools of the Trade |website=National Coal Mining Museum  |access-date=28 March 2020 }}</ref>
== See also ==
*[Corf (fishing)](/source/Corf)
* [Decauville wagon](/source/Decauville_wagon)
*[Minecart](/source/Minecart)
* [Mineral wagon](/source/Mineral_wagon)
*[Mines and Collieries Act 1842](/source/Mines_and_Collieries_Act_1842)

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{wiktionary-inline|corf}}

Category:Mining equipment
Category:History of mining in the United Kingdom
Category:Weaving
Category:Wagons
Category:Human-powered vehicles
Category:Animal-powered vehicles
Category:History of the British Isles
Category:Traditional mining
Category:Underground mining

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