English Dictionary

surfaceman

noun

(mining) A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground. / (Scotland) A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track.

The surfaceman operated the heavy machinery at the mining site.

意味（1）

(mining) A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.

意味（2）

(Scotland) A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track.

To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road. Proceeding there in company with my eldest brother-in-law, a plate-layer and surfaceman on the Northern.