noun
- the area at the top of a mine shaft where coal or other minerals are brought to the surface
Usage: mining
Examples
- The miners gathered at the pithead before their shift began.
- Coal cars were loaded at the pithead for transport to the processing plant.
- Safety equipment was distributed to workers at the pithead.
- The pithead building housed the machinery that operated the mine elevator.
- Emergency procedures were posted prominently at every pithead.
- The old pithead structure still stands as a monument to the town’s mining history.