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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
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
Miner at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, CornwallMiner at work with a drill underground (below the sea) in Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, which was just about to cease operation. Date: circa 1986
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
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
Gelli coalmine, Rhondda, South WalesView of the Gelli coalmine, Rhondda, South Wales. Date: 1935
Miner and canaryStaffordshire coal miner gently holds the last canary to work down a British coal mine. Canaries were used to detect poisonous and dangerous gas in mines Date: 1986
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
View at Wheal Coates tin mine, St Agnes, CornwallView at Wheal Coates former tin mine, on the cliff top between Porthtowan and St Agnes, north coast of Cornwall, showing the Towanroath Shaft Pumping Engine House. Date: circa 1980s
Cwmpennar Colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesView of Cwmpennar Colliery (also known as the Powell Duffryn Colliery), Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, South Wales
Bedwas Navigation Colliery, Monmouthshire, South WalesView of Lewis Merthyr Pit, Bedwas Navigation Colliery, Monmouthshire, South Wales. The colliery opened in 1913 and closed in the mid-1980s, after the Miners Strike
Sketch map of Hook, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA sketch map of the village of Hook, including the various mining shafts of the colliery, on the Western Cleddau near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Welsh women road builders, South WalesA group of twenty Welsh women road builders in Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, holding their spades. They built the road to Hook in 1903-4 to facilitate transport to the colliery
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
Its Mine, Poster, Canada, the right land for the right man, with Canadian National Railways
PIT PONIES / 1853Working with horses in the Bradley Mine, near Bilston, Staffordshire [England]
Dolly Sisters and chorus in Diamond tableauxThe Dolly Sisters wearing creations by Jean Patou and chorus in the tableaux La Mine Diamants (Diamond Mine), Paris En Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925 1925
Marine Colliery, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South WalesView of the Marine Colliery, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South Wales. Date: early 20th century
Bestwood Colliery, near Bestwood Village, NottinghamshireView of Bestwood Colliery, near Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire. The colliery closed in 1967, but the surviving headstock and winding house, and vertical steam engine of 1873
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
New Tredegar Colliery, Rhymney Valley, South WalesAn engine house damaged by subsidence at New Tredegar Colliery, Rhymney Valley, South Wales. This colliery suffered from many landslips and other geological problems, and eventually closed in 1930
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
Man at work, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North WalesA man at work, 150 feet up on the main face of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales
COAL MINE / PENITENTA penitent, so named because his clothing resembled that of religious orders, rids the air of explosive gas by setting fire to it. A dangerous task, that often ended unhappily
Engine house at Carn Galver tin mine, CornwallEngine house silhouetted against the sky at sunset at Carn Galver disused tin mine, near Bosigran, Cornwall. Date: 20th century
Coal mining by G. H. DavisCoal mine working and outcrop production: how coal, so vital to every form of war industry, can be won from opencast veins at shallow depths. Date: 1944
Bingham Canyon Copper Mine or Kennecott MineBingham Canyon Copper Mine (Kennecott Copper Mine), Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s
Penrhiwceibr Colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesView of Penrhiwceibr (Penrhiwceiber) Colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales. The colliery closed in 1985
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
General view of Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North WalesA general view of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales, soon to be changed for ever with the construction of a new dam
Miners at the pit bottom, Tirpentwys Colliery, South WalesA group of miners at the pit bottom of Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales
Lake Submarine / DiverA diver from a " Simon Lake" submarine placing a mine in channels used by enemy ship 2 of 2
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
Snowdon from the east showing a derelict mine, Wales. Date: 1950s
Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing CrossBlitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941
Disused Tin mine, CornwallThe ruins of a disused Cornish tin mine
Saving of Audacious CrewAudacious, one of the most powerful members of the Allied fleet, is sunk by a German mine. A rescue operation is immediately begun
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
Miners at the Coal Face Victorian period
Coniston Copper Mine Lake District Victorian period Date: 19th century
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
HMS Jewel, British minesweeper M390HMS Jewel, British Algerine-class minesweeper M390. Date: circa 1960s
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
Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South WalesView of the Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales
Chislet Colliery 1930SChislet Colliery was located next to the Canterbury-Margate road, Kent. Two shafts were first sunk in 1914. Despite surviving nationalisation in 1947, the mine closed in 1969. Date: 1930s