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Miners working at the coalface, South WalesTwo miners, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a coal seam in South Wales
Wyndham Colliery, Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, South WalesA pre-1914 image of the Wyndham Colliery, Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, South Wales which opened in 1868. Date: circa 1900s
Queen Elizabeth II visit coal mineQueen Elizabeth II dressed in protective white overalls to make her first descent into a coal-mine at Rothes Colliery, Fife, Scotland in 1958
Coal / Durham Pit PonyPitmen hewing the coal, South Durham : a pit pony waits to haul the coal away
Soldiers at Brynkinalt Colliery, 1912Men of the 2nd Suffolk Regiment on duty at the Brynkinalt Colliery, Chirk
At the Coal Face / 1869Two men mining for coal
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
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
At the Coal Face / 1842By the light of a Davy safety lamp, two miners work at the coal face
Miners and owner, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA group of men at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. They are the current shift of miners plus the owner, standing near a wooden headframe connected to a mineshaft
Miners in a Lift ShaftMiners about to descend for their shift underground at Lynemouth Colliery
Silhouette, Sending Coals to NewcastleSending Coals to Newcastle -- silhouette showing a mining landscape and three men carrying sacks of coal up a slope
Coal mining with a horseCoal mine in Hoganas.South of Sweden. A horse is lowered down a coal mine shaft
Cwmpennar Colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesView of Cwmpennar Colliery (also known as the Powell Duffryn Colliery), Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, South Wales
Marine Colliery, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South WalesView of the Marine Colliery, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South Wales. Date: early 20th century
Derelict Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South WalesView of the derelict Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. The foreground is littered with pieces of wood, including an empty coffin which has broken apart. The colliery closed in 1969
Young collier, Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA young collier, about 14 years old, at a colliery in the Saundersfoot area of Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The mines employed children as young as ten
Men at West Pit, Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, South WalesMiners preparing to descend the West Pit of the Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales. The West Pit opened in the 1880s
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
Miners at the pit bottom, Tirpentwys Colliery, South WalesA group of miners at the pit bottom of Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales
Welsh Colliery / 1960Parc Colliery, at Cwm Parc in the Rhondda Valley
Medieval French MiningA coal mine in France during the medieval era, showing the ladders that the miners use to descend to the coal face
Coal Narrow BoatsA pair of laden narrow boats, with their cargoes of coal, passing through a lock on the Grand Union Canal near Watford, Hertfordshire, England
COAL TRAINCoal train hauled by a 4-4-2 tank locomotive at the harbourside
PIT PONIES / 1869Horse at work in a South Staffordshire colliery [England] Date: 1869
Bank Hall Colliery, MiningBank Hall Colliery, Burnley, Lancashire, England. A scene underground as the coal is mined
Bank Hall Colliery, MiningBank Hall Colliery, Burnley, Lancashire, England. The Pit Wheel, in silhouette
Bank Hall Colliery, MiningBank Hall Colliery, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Within the confined surroundings of the pit face, a miner drills into the coal
Technical Institute, MiningMining Technical Institute, Burnley, Lancashire, England. A smiling young boy in a hard hat, finishes a mug of tea before returning to class
Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South WalesView of the Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales
Police at a Tonypandy colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesNumerous policemen (nicknamed Devonshires) on duty at a colliery engine house in the Tonypandy area of Glamorgan, South Wales, during the riots of 1910
Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South WalesDetail of the pump flywheel of the 1845 beam engine, at the Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales. The mine closed in 1932, but continued as a pumping station into the 1960s
Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South WalesView of the winding engine house, with a tall chimney, at the Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales. The mine closed in 1932, but continued as a pumping station into the 1960s
Skewen Colliery workmen, Glamorgan, South WalesWorkmen and apprentices of the Skewen Colliery repair shop in Glamorgan, South Wales, in a group photograph
Senghenydd Colliery canary, Glamorgan, South WalesTwo miners at the Universal Pit, Senghenydd Colliery, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales, with a caged canary which was used to test the air for gas, or lack of oxygen
Men with dram, Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, South WalesTwo men hauling a dram (truck) full of coal from a cage at the pithead of the Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales
Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South WalesScene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK
Men with dram, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South WalesThree men with a loaded dram (truck) of coal at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA view of Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, showing the wooden pithead gear in the middle distance, and a few buildings
Surface worker, South Wales collieryA middle aged surface worker at a colliery in South Wales
Two middle aged miners with their lamps, South WalesTwo middle aged miners with their lamps, at a colliery in South Wales
Repairing pit props, Plas y Coed Level, South WalesA miner repairing pit props in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
Miners at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, South WalesThree miners in a coal seam at Baldwins Clog and Legging Level, near Pontypool in South Wales
Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South WalesAn aerial view 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
Soldiers at Brynkinalt Colliery, 1912Men of the 2nd Suffolk Regiment on duty at the Brynkinalt Colliery Chirk sitting at their ease on pit-props
Mining CoalFrench miners mining coal in a coal mine
Zonguldak, Turkey - MinersZonguldak (formerly Heraclea), a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. An important coal mining centre. Miners and general staff of the Goelik Coalmine
How are you OffHow are you off for coals ?
Wooden Rail in MineBlinkered pit-horses draw coal wagons along a wooden railway at an unidentified colliery : it looks extremely precarious - lets hope they can see where they are going
Selling Small CoalsSelling small coals from a barrow in a winter street
Class Distinctions / CoalDIGNITY ATTACKED " I say Guv ner, jest guv us a lift up with these here coals" A rather ridiculously-attired posh gentleman is shocked by a coalboys impish request
Burnley Miners / 1956Miners coming off their shift, at Cape Bank Hall Pit, in Burnley, Lancashire
Miner Using Drill / 1956Miner using an hydraulic drill at the coal-face, at Cape Bank Hall Pit, Burnley, in Lancashire
Coal / Horse Works WhimA horse working a whim in a French colliery
Coal Exchange, LondonThe Coal Exchange is where the 960, 000 chaldrons of coal (each of 36 bushels) imported from Newcastle etc each year to keep Londoners warm, are regulated and, of course, taxed
Loading Coal BargesA pit pony pulling heavy coal trucks along on rails for loading onto barges on a canal in Staffordshire, England
Lancashire CollieryASTLEYs COLLIERY, Dunkinfield, Lancashire (England)
MINE WORKINGS / 1880 SThe workings of a mine, showing miners at the coal face and the coal being transported by pony
Women in Coal Mine / 1840Women working down a Northumbrian mine
Talke-On-The-Hill MineTalke-on-the-Hill colliery, near Hanley, Staffordshire, the scene of an explosion causing nearly twenty deaths on 18th February 1873
1837 / COAL MINEA cross-section of a coal mine showing all the underground chambers and tunnels
Mining Safety LampsSafety lamps, invented by Davy in England and modified by Mueseler, in use in a French coal-mine
Coaling at JamaicaAt Kingston, Jamaica (West Indies), long lines of women carry baskets of coal to enable the liner to continue on its way
Boy Working at CoalfaceOLDER BOY WORKING WITH A PICK Young men work as getters from age 18 : they work from as little as eleven to as much as 18 hours a day
Coal SellerA coal seller wheels his barrow through the streets of London
Industrial LandscapeIronworks at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire