Crutter

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001478",
  "term": "Crutter",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A miner who specializes in driving a cross-measure drift, or crut, which is a roadway excavated through rock strata rather than along a coal seam. This work involves creating tunnels to connect different seams, improve ventilation, or provide haulage routes, requiring skills in hard-rock drilling and blasting. The rate of pay for a crutter was typically higher than for a collier because excavating stone is more difficult and slower than mining coal.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Crutter",
    "es": "minero perforador",
    "fr": "foreur"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/crutter/"
}