Mine head
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What is a mine head?
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ral104
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Usually a mine head is the point at which you enter a mine, so here I would assume they are the entrances to any underground workings going on in the area.
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Didn't know that the entrances to a mine were so close to front line.
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cyngast
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I think that it may mean the head of a sap or gallery dug under or at least towards the enemy line that will be used for a mine.
In the area around Loos a mine head might well be an entrance to an actual coal mine, but as far as I know, the area around Meaulte was not a mining region.
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ral104
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Sorry, I wasn't clear in my original answer. I meant exactly what Cynthia says much more clearly! 😄 Military tunnelling, rather than commercial mining.
Erik, the tunnel entrances had to be reasonably far forward to minimise the distance they had to penetrate below ground.
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