Miners Collection (page 5)

Robin Cook, British Labour politician
Robin Cook (Robert Finlayson Cook, 1946-2005), British Labour politician and MP, photographed in the street wearing a badge with the slogan Save the Pit

Two Children in the Mines 1854
Two young colliers helpers pulling a cart full of heavy coal upwards in the dark mines. Date: 1854

RIOTING MINERS
Unrest in the mining districts is suppressed by the military : ten will die. Date: 25-29 March 1868

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Discussing the situation, apparently without misgivings: Pit lasses and pit boys after ceasing work. Date: October 1920

Notts strikers and their last mornings work: The final shift at Clifton Colliery. Date: October 1920

Lancashire miners extinguishing their lamps after ceasing work: Men on strike at Audenshaw pits. Date: October 1920

Coal Strike in Stoke-on-Trent 1920
Pit boys from Stoke-on-Trent with a chalked declaration

Black country strikers: miners at the pit bank, Stoke-on-Trent, coming up in the cage for the last time. Date: October 1920

c. 1900 South Africa - group black & white miners with tools
c.1900 South Africa - group of black and white miners with tools

Photograph of Miners Arms, Fontley, Hampshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Welsh Firemen in position above the pit-head and railway
Welsh Firemen in a strategic position above the pit-head and railway on a daily exercise routine. many Welsh miners were part-time fireman during the war. Date: circa 1941

Fragment of a banner of miners from Tyrol, 15th century
Fragment of a banner of silver and copper miners from Tyrol, late 15th century. St. George kills a dragon next to a scarlet eagle

German fashion of the late 15th century. Knights of the Kevernburg with their wives, holding armorial shields and pennants, Arnstadt A-F

Gertrude Anne of Hohenberg, queen of King Rudolf
Gertrude Anne of Hohenberg, 1225-1281, queen of King Rudolf I of Germany, and her son Charles, d.1276. Kaiserin Anna Gertraud, Karl. From her tomb in Basel Minster

Sappers, miners and engineers in the Imperial Army
Sappers, miners and engineers in the German (Holy Roman Empire) Imperial Army, 19th century. Zappatori, Minatori, Guastatori e Pontonieri

Lancers or Uhlan light cavalry in the Imperial Army
Lancers or Uhlan light cavalry in the (German) Imperial Army, 19th century. Ulani. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Farmers of the town of Salzburg, Austria, 18th century. Contadini del Salisburgh. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

The Australian Diggers Memorial, Plugstreet Experience
The 14-18 Experience Museum was opened on 9 November 2013 and on that day a splendid bas relief of Australian miners digging underground was unveiled. It was donated by Ross J

Arthur James Cook, British trade union leader
Arthur James Cook (1883-1931), General Secretary of the Miners Federation of Great Britain, at the time of the General Strike of 1926. 1926

Indian lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata
Indian lettuce, Perfoliate claytonia, Claytonia perfoliata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine

Miners and Masters: Coal-dispute Protagonists - representatives from both sides, both capital and labour. Included are: Enoch Edwards MP, Mr D A Thomas, Mr Thomas Ashton, Mr Frde Hall MP

Coal Commission sit in Kings Robing Room - House of Lords
The Coal Commission sitting in the Kings Robing Room of the House of Lords, thrashing out the question of miners wages and hours. The Chairman, Mr Justice Sankey, is at the head of the curved table

Interior of a coal mine, Newcastle upon Tyne. circa 1850

New tunnel under the Seine 1905
Night staff work on the new tunnel extension under the River Seine. Date: 1905

Hardy Patent Pick Co. patent hand boring machine 1890s
Patent hand boring machine, for rock and coal, produced by Hardy Patent Pick Co, works in Sheffield. Date: 1890s

Work at a coal mine 1878
Work at a coal mine, low travelling and holding the bottom coal. Date: 1878

Miners at work 1865
Various positions assumed by the Hewers in digging at the coal. Date: 1865

Miners at Schemnitz, Slovakia
Miners at Schemnitz (Banska Stiavnica), Slovakia. 1832

Mass meeting in Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
Mass meeting in Cobalt, a silver mining town in Ontario, Canada. circa 1908

New council houses - Cwmbach near Aberdare, Wales
New council houses built at the lower end of Cwmbach for Welsh miners and their families, near Aberdare, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

Lung Hill Colliery explosion 1857
Explosion at Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 200 miners went down the pit that day, in which 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died

Lung Hill Colliery 1857
Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, shortly after the tragedy were 189 men and boys died from a explosion. Date: February 1857

Lung Hill Colliery explosion - rushing to scene 1857
Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, relatives rushing to the scene of the explosion. Date: February 1857

Lung Hill Colliery explosion - resuing the survivors 1857
Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, resuing the survivors, were 189 men and boys died from a explosion. Date: February 1857

MINERS AT COAL FACE
Two miners working at the coal face, one with an electric drill and the other with a pickaxe. Date: 1940s

BOTALLACK TIN MINE
The Prince and Princess of Wales descend on the lift at the Botallack Mine, Cornwall. Date: 1865

3 CARD MONTE 1876
Californian miners play three card monte. Date: 1876

HIGH BROOKS MINE 1866
An explosion at the High Brooks colliery, near Wigan in Lancashire, England, results in the deaths of 30 miners. Date: 23 January 1866

FRENCH MINERS STRIKE
Striking French miners process through the Pas de Calais. Date: 1906

BRITISH SAPPERS 1854
Sappers and Miners in working dress Date: 1854

BRITISH SAPPERS 1832
Sappers and Miners in uniform Date: 1832

SAPPERS & MINERS 1813 SAPPERS & MINERS 1813
Sappers and miners in uniform Date: 1813

KAILAN COAL MINES 1930S
Chinese miners pushing trolleys of coal on rails at the (British) Kailan coal mines, China. Date: 1930s

Strike of colliers in Durham 1863
Striking Durham pitmen meet on The Batts, Bishop Auckland. Date: 1863

Alum Mine at Hurlet near Glasgow 1843
Interior of an underground alum mine at Hurlet near Glasgow. The miners, with candles attached to their helmets, dig into the rocks and cart away the mineral in wheelbarrows

TIN MINERS RESTING / 1880
Cornish tin miners take a rest Date: 1880

The Underground Workers
A team of dwarf miners, the underground workers in action

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