Coal shovelling, unlike Roof Bolting, is a mining task of yesteryear. It is the Coal Miner's version of Wood Chopping. In the days when pit ponies pulled Coal wagons through the mine, doing his quota of coal shovelling each Day was part of the Miner's normal work routine. An average worker could shovel 18 ton of coal in a day and he would be paid by tonnage. Just as with overtime payments today, miners were conscious that to move too much tonnage in a day simply resulted in excessive income tax deductions. However, the Australian spirit of competition did result in some records being set. The greatest tonnage recorded in a fortnight pay period was in the Cornwall Mine in the early 1950's. Billy Greaves & partner 'Wick' Pilgrim shovelled 434 tons of coal. The Cornwall Mine ceased operations in 1962. The Cornwall Coal Company operations were then moved to other parts of the Fingal Valley and are still functioning and a major sponsor of the Festival today.