A Hill Full of Holes

The hill above the village is full of holes. People dug them by hand. The holes go straight down into the ground.

There are about two thousand holes. Next to every hole there is a rope and a bucket.

The miners do not use machines. A machine would break the blue stone. So they use small tools and their hands. The rock comes up in the bucket. The men go down on the rope. Some holes are very deep.

The work is hard. It is also dangerous. Polly sits and watches. A wet bucket comes up. A man tips out the rock and looks through it.