Mining Collection (page 11)

Derelict Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
View 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

Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales
Detail 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

Skewen Colliery workmen, Glamorgan, South Wales
Workmen and apprentices of the Skewen Colliery repair shop in Glamorgan, South Wales, in a group photograph

Senghenydd Colliery canary, Glamorgan, South Wales
Two 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

Miner washing at a tin bath, South Wales
A South Wales miner washes at a tin bath in front of the fire, while his wife sits mending socks

Young collier, Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A 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 with dram, Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, South Wales
Two men hauling a dram (truck) full of coal from a cage at the pithead of the Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales

Colliery map of Hook, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A colliery map (by Thomas Lewis) of the village of Hook, described here as West Hook in the parish of Langwn (Llangwm), showing fields, trees and mining locations

Men at West Pit, Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, South Wales
Miners preparing to descend the West Pit of the Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales. The West Pit opened in the 1880s

Men with dram, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Three men with a loaded dram (truck) of coal at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Medieval French Mining
A coal mine in France during the medieval era, showing the ladders that the miners use to descend to the coal face

Coal miner starting to make a hole Victorian period

Cutter Cove, Brunswick Peninsula, Chile, South America
Bay of Cutter Cove, a copper mining area on the Brunswick Peninsula south of Punta Arenas, Chile, South America. With two men working from a boat, and a narrow gauge railway track. Date: circa 1910

Ashanti Obuasi Gold Mines, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa
Ashanti Obuasi Gold Mines Corporation, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. Date: circa 1910

Kumasi Fort, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. It was under siege during the Anglo-Ashanti War (1900). Date: circa 1905

Spitsbergen, Norway - Adventfjorden (Advent Bay). Depicted here is the former mining camp of Longyearbyen (located on its southwestern shore)

View of Kumasi, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa
View of Kumasi, including part of the railway station, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. Date: circa 1915

Harper Road, Kumasi, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. Date: circa 1930

Share certificate and coupons, Kilo-Moto Goldmines
Share certificate and dividend coupons, Kilo-Moto Goldmines, in the Belgian Congo. Date: 1944

Market Avenue, Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa
Market Avenue, Vereeniging, a coal mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: 1930s

The Convent, Lydenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
The Convent, Lydenburg, a gold mining town in Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

General view of Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa
General view of Barberton, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa. Date: 1910

Luipardsvlei, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Luipaardsvlei (Luipardsvlei), a suburb of Krugersdorp, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Main street, Randfontein, Transvaal, South Africa
Main street, Randfontein, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: 1911

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