Mines Collection

Coal Mine Surveyor early 1900s

Miner at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall
Miner 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

Newport Riot
At Newport, Monmouthshire, Chartist rioters from nearby mines, led by John Frost, fire on the magistrates at the Westgate hotel but are dispersed by the military

Welsh women road builders, South Wales
A 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 mine
A coal miner (Billy Hurland) filling a dram (coal truck) at Baldwins Level (nicknamed Clog and Legging) in a coalmine near Pontypool in South Wales

Cwmpennar Colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of Cwmpennar Colliery (also known as the Powell Duffryn Colliery), Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, South Wales

Sketch map of Hook, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A sketch map of the village of Hook, including the various mining shafts of the colliery, on the Western Cleddau near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Bingham Canyon Copper Mine or Kennecott Mine
Bingham Canyon Copper Mine (Kennecott Copper Mine), Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s

Penrhiwceibr Colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of Penrhiwceibr (Penrhiwceiber) Colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales. The colliery closed in 1985

Rheidol Vale Railway
The Vale of Rheidol Railway, Aberystwyth, Wales, opened in 1902 to serve the local lead mines. Here is one of the engine sheds at Aberystwyth. The line was privatised 1989

St Louis World Fair / 1904
The exterior of the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy

Imperial College of Science and Technology, South Kensington

Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South Wales
View of the Victoria Colliery, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales

Welsh miner in coal mine pushing truck
A Welsh miner, stripped to the waist, pushing a truck in a coal mine

Headgear of Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, silhouetted against the sky. Work underground was stopped in April 1986. Date: circa 1980s

Chislet Colliery 1930S
Chislet 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

The Asbestos Mines at Pano Amiantos, Cyprus
Pano Amiantos a village in the Limassol District of Greek Cyprus, located 7 km southwest of Kyperounta

Fossil trees in coal mine
Fossilised trees and plants found in a coal mine. Date: C.1870

Ferndale Colliery and Tylorstown, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of Ferndale Colliery (also known as Blaenllechau Colliery) and Tylorstown, Rhondda Valley, Glamorgan, South Wales

Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Depot, Nevada, USA
The Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Depot, Nevada, USA, on 7 December 1907, with a steam train, crowds of people on the platform and cars and horses waiting alongside

Copper Miners Strike - Calumet, Michigan, USA. Industrial action by Copper Miners of the Western Federation of Miners

Boy dragging coal wagon with harness and chain in mine
A boy with a harness and chain between his legs drags a heavy coal truck along a low underground passage in a mine at Halifax, Yorkshire

The General Strike - Government leaders
Government leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3

Miners at the Coal Face Victorian period

Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover, Derbyshire
Dennis Edward Skinner (b 1932), Labour politician, MP for Bolsover since 1970. Well known for his outspoken remarks in parliament, for which he has been suspended more than ten times

Salt mine, near Cracow 1870
Salt mine of Wielitska, near Cracow, Poland, workmen deep down in the mines, chipping away at the salt. Date: 1870

Treadwell Mines, Douglas Island, Alaska, USA
Treadwell Mines, Douglas Island, east of Juneau, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1905

MINES / FALUN, SWEDEN
Iron mine at Falun, Sweden Date: 1830s

Royal Navy Seamen practice mine laying using weighted barrels. Date: circa 1907

De Beers Diamond Mine
Washing equipment for the diamonds of De Beers mines in South Africa

Map, South Wales coalfield. 1939

The Sprays, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Date: circa 1905

Map, Gold Coast Colony, Ghana, West Africa, with the main cocoa producing areas shaded, a railway line and steamship routes. Also a gold mining area. Date: circa 1920

Comic postcard, Little girl reads news headlines. Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Little girl with sailor boy and news vendor. Date: 1914-1918

Cartoon, The Cheif
The Chef. Too many broths don't spoil this cook. Date: May 1921

Vindicator Mine and Little Mine (red building), Independence township near Victor, Cripple Creek district, Colorado, USA Date: circa 1906

Modern Naval Warfare. Page from The Illustrated London News, 10th October 1914. Date: 1914

Subsidence of land at the Northwich salt mine. Date: 1881

Williams & Williams - Engineers. Parts For Aerial Bombs & Mines - Williams & Williams Ltd. Date: 1918

Island of Cuba. Juragua mines dock - Bay of Santiago de Cuba
Island of Cuba. Juragua mines dock in the Bay of Santiago de Cuba. Photoengraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898

Spain, Basque Country, Biscay. Somorrostro mines
Spain, Basque Country, Biscay. Mining industry. Somorrostro mines. Inclined plane number 1 of Mount Cadegal. Drawing by Nao. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Spain. Biscayan mining industry. Somorrostro
Spain, Basque Country. Biscayan mining industry. Somorrostro: perspective of the ore deposits of La Orconera and the new town of La Orconera. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

A Basque soldier taking apart a Nationalist mine (sea mine) in Bilbao, during the Spanish Civil War

CHILD LABOUR IN MINES
Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts showing children working down the mines, with a small boy acting as a "trapper" opening an air door for a truck to 1841

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

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

The Rio Tinto Mines in Southern Spain
The mine complex on the Rio Tinto, in Huelva, Spain, purchased by a group of investors from the Spanish government in 1873

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

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125 series 1B 9J-RAN
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 series 1B 9J-RAN (msn 25067) at hatfield for an open day, before delivery to Zambia for Mines Air Services. Date: circa 1966

Mines on Mount Snowdon, Wales, Victorian period Date: late 19th century

Mines on Mount Snowdon, Wales Date: late 19th century

Africa Johannesburg City and Suburban Gold Mines pre-1900

Women in coal mines

An illustration of women working in mines

Colliery lamp room Victorian period

Miners Gala Parade early 1900s

Aberdare Valley Miners early 1900s

Taking a pit prop into the mine early 1900s

Miners drilling holes in a two foot seam early 1900s

Young Coal Miners early 1900s

Coal miners drilling holes with a mechanised drill early 1900s

Coal miner using self-acting incline haulage early 1900s

Miners safety lamps Victorian period

Pit Girls Victorian period

Miners undercutting a seam of coal Victorian period

Miners fitting long pit props Victorian period

Miners building a cog Victorian period

Miners / Hauliers early 1900s

Middleton Dale Old Lead Mines early 1900s

Carn Brea tin and copper mines, Cornwall

Carn Brea Tin and Copper Mines early 1900s

Cornish tin mines, Rosewall Hill, St. Ives, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

WW2, Ensign Flag And Wartime Fisherman
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book

Poster, Sainte Marie aux Mines, Haut-Rhin, France Date: 1950

Chicago Exhibition, Palace of Mines Date: 1893

London Family cutting Firewood
During the coal strike in 1912 families started to cut their own fire wood is response to the lack of resources. A family in London is seen collecting its own resources from their back garden

Strike scenes in Germany and Britain
Striking in Germany and Great Britain in 1912. Men in Germany who don't strike are protected by soldiers. A mass strike during the coal mining strikes in the UK. Date: 1912

How mines were ventilated
How the mines were ventilated and drainer. One of the reasons for the mine strike of 1912 was the poor maintenance of ventilation and draining of the mines

Coal mining pit boys and girls
The girls and boys who worked in the mines. Children covered in coal who had been working in the mines all day. The maidens (girls) who would sift the coal

Mining conditions
Miners lift to the mines in a dangerous lift. The conditions were drear for the men working in these mines. The nation coal strike was in protest of the conditions seen here. Date: 1912

The Coal crisis
The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage

Coal crisis in Portsmouth
Navy coping with the coal crisis in Cribb Portsmouth. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage

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