Hewer

This article is about digging in a mine. For converting logs to timbers, see hewing. For the name, see Hewer (surname).
A hewer at the coalface, 1957

A hewer (German: Hauer or Häuer) is a miner who loosens rock and minerals in a mine. In medieval mining in Europe a Hauer was the name given to a miner who had passed his test (Hauerprüfung) as a hewer.[1]

  1. ^ Walter Bischoff, Heinz Bramann, Westfälische Berggewerkschaftskasse Bochum: Das kleine Bergbaulexikon. 7th ed., Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen, 1988, ISBN 3-7739-0501-7