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Disused Tin mine, CornwallThe ruins of a disused Cornish tin mine
Miners working at the coalface, South WalesTwo miners, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a coal seam in South Wales
Coal miners in shaft lift, South WalesSeveral coal miners with blackened faces stand in the shaft lift at the end of their shift in a coal mine in South Wales
Markham Colliery, MiningA group of miners at Markham Colliery (Markham no.1/4) near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. It was near here, on July 31, 1973
A Miner Success by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon" They must ave ad some good news or somethin, Alf; you can ear em cheerin quite plain." Two British Tommies, Bill and Alf
National coal strike - demands of miners 1912National coal strike, to secure a minimum wage that lasted from February to early April 1912. This table shows how the wages differ per day in Great Britain and Ireland during 1910, of boys, youths
Two miners in a narrow coal seam, South WalesTwo miners, one of them quite young, working in a narrow coal seam in a mine in South Wales
Haulier and assistant, Baldwins Level, South WalesA haulier and his assistant, with a pit pony pulling a truck, at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, near Pontypool, South Wales
Miner riding drams, Tirpentwys Colliery, South WalesA miner riding a journey of drams (coal trucks) at Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. Date: 1910
Coal miner filling truck, South Wales mineA coal miner (Billy Hurland) filling a dram (coal truck) at Baldwins Level (nicknamed Clog and Legging) in a coalmine near Pontypool in South Wales
Miners from Fernhill Colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesA black-faced miner, carrying his small daughter, his wife shielding her face, at Fernhill in the Rhondda. He has just emerged from 292 hours underground in a stay-in miners strike at Fernhill
Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South WalesThree men picking coal from a local colliery waste tip during the 1921 strike, South Wales
Painting by LesagePainting by French coal miner Augustin Lesage who was told by the spirits that they would see to it that he became a famous artist
Markham Colliery, MiningMarkham Colliery near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. A smiling coal miner stands in front of a production table notice, which states target, and actual outputs
Miners at the pit bottom, Tirpentwys Colliery, South WalesA group of miners at the pit bottom of Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales
Miner working in a coal seam, South WalesA miner, stripped to the waist, with a pick resting across his shoulder and a lamp in his hand, in a coal seam in South Wales
Winching men up from the coalface - Wales. Note the Davy lamp hanging off the belt of the man in the centre. Date: circa 1910s
Morris Minor driving through English villageThe modern Morris Miner driving through the village of Bibury, Gloucestershire
Glapwell Colliery, MiningA miner from Glapwell Colliery, north east Derbyshire, black and dirty from the pit at the end of his work shift. A group of cleaner looking miners wait, possibly to start their shift
View of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South WalesView of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales
Welsh miner in coal mine pushing truckA Welsh miner, stripped to the waist, pushing a truck in a coal mine
Retired coal miner Blaenavon, South WalesA retired coal miner sits with his mongrel dog at Blaenavon, South Wales. Behind them is the redundant Blaenavon coal mine
Miners at the Coal Face Victorian period
Coniston Copper Mine Lake District Victorian period Date: 19th century
Pitmen encamped - evicted coal miner and his dwellingA miner on strike sits despondently outside his makeshift home, his crutch and dog at his side. Due to lengthy strike action resulting from a wage dispute
Industrial Revolution. England. Mining. Nineteenth-century engraving
Fossil trees in coal mineFossilised trees and plants found in a coal mine. Date: C.1870
Alfred Onions, Welsh Labour MPAlfred Onions (1858-1921), Welsh Labour MP for Caerphilly and Treasurer of the South Wales Miners Federation
Aerial view, Tirpentwys Colliery, South WalesAerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales
Winding man, Tirpentwys Colliery, South WalesThe winding man at the coal face in Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales
Man under coal weighing machine, Llanerch CollieryA smartly dressed man (Herbert Saunders) standing under a coal weighing machine at Llanerch Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales
Coal / Pit Ponies / 1907Ponies hauling coal trucks along the gallery of an English colliery
Paphiopedilum haynaldianum orchid (Cypripedium haynaldianum).. Chromolithograph by Hatch Company after a botanical illustration by Harriet Stewart Miner from Orchids, the Royal Family of Plants
Undercutting coal, Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South WalesTwo men kneeling in a narrow seam, undercutting the coal in Baldwins Level, Pontypool, South Wales
Army Education Exhibition at Eltham Palace: inspecting a German miners dress uniform in the section " Germany Under Control". Date: 1946
James Winstone, South Wales Miners FederationJames Winstone, Vice President of the South Wales Miners Federation (1912-14), and President in 1915
Miner working at the coalface, South WalesA miner, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a mine in South Wales
Italian Miner - Mineo, Sicily. It is likely he was employed to mine the local calcareous ashlars, used to build many of Mineos public buildings
Miner at coal face -3Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990
Diagram of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17
Photograph of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17
Miner at coal face -2Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990
Typical Lancashire miners going on strike: A group of men leaving work until further notice. Date: October 1920
Welsh miners going on strike at the Rhondda valley colliery: Men leaving the mines. Date: October 1920
Friends of the Yorkshire miner Charles Martin, who worked at Dinnington Colliery, admire an exhibition of his paintings. See picture no. 13127079 for a photograph of Martin. Date: 1912
Sir Humphry Davy in a mine with his safety lamp. circa 1815