Coal Miner Collection (page 4)

A royal miner, c1930s (1936). The Prince of Wales prepares to descend Cumner pit, Cardiff. From Edward The Eighth - Our King, by A.V. Groom. [Allied Newspapers Limited, London, 1936]

The Prince of Wales visiting a miners cottage in the Northeast of England, 1929 (1936). The Prince during a tour of the mining districts of Durham and Northumberland

Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Artist: Arthur Salmon
Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Two miners from the Yorkshire town were killed when troops opened fire during a strike

Indian Miners in Cuba, 1920s
Indian miners living in Cuba were called Siboneyes and probably came from the Arauca family. Their character was peaceful and cheerful

Sappers and miners at work, Ypres salient, Belgium, World War I, c1915-c1917. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sappers and miners at work, Ypres salient, Belgium, World War I, c1915-c1917. Digging a tunnel under Hill 60. Hill 60 was a strategically important high point on the southern edge of the Ypres

Diamond field, c1880

Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Mining at Messines Ridge, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. The Battle of Messines was launched on June 7, 1917 by British General Herbert Plumers Second Army

Cabin in a coal pit. Stereoscopic card detail

Work girls at the Wigan Collieries, late 19th century. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol IX

Chartist riots at Newport, Monmouthshire, 1839 (c1895)
Chartist riots at Newport, Wales, 1839 (c1895). The Newport Rising was the last large scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain

Chinese miners from the Upper Yangtze highlands, 1895. Artist: Bertrano
Chinese miners from the Upper Yangtze highlands, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XIV, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

Scenes from the California gold rush, 1849 (1937). Artist: Cooke & Le Count
Scenes from the California gold rush, 1849 (1937). Scenes include: the Eliza heading for California; the arrival at San Francisco; travelling about the mines; camping out; miners preparing their

Californian gold miners, 19th century (1937). Artist: Britton & Rey
Californian gold miners, 19th century (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

Sunday Amusements in the Mines, 19th century (1937). Artist: Britton & Rey
Sunday Amusements in the Mines, 19th century (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

The Mining Business in Four Pictures, 19th century (1937). Artist: Britton & Rey
The Mining Business in Four Pictures, 19th century (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

The dream of a prospecting miner, 19th century (1937). Artist: Britton & Rey
The dream of a prospecting miner, 19th century (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

Miners weighing their gold, 19th century (1937). Artist: Britton & Rey
Miners weighing their gold, 19th century (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

Miner, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Miner, 16th century (184). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud

Diamond mine, South Africa, 19th century. Artist: St de Dree
Diamond mine, South Africa, 19th century

A coal mine lockout, South Wales, 1875. Mine workers negotiate the setting of accounts and the granting of leave to pick coal on the tips. From The Illustrated London News (20 February 1875)

Quartz Mining, California, 1859. Artist: Gustave Adolphe Chassevent-Bacques
Quartz Mining, California, 1859. A print from le Tour du Monde, 1859

Hydraulic Mining, California, 1859. Artist: Gustave Adolphe Chassevent-Bacques
Hydraulic Mining, California, 1859. A print from le Tour du Monde, 1859

French miners working a long tom sluice, California, 19th century. Artist: Gustave Adolphe Chassevent-Bacques
French miners working a long tom sluice, California, 19th century. A print from le Tour du Monde

Gold Miner, California, 19th century. A print from le Tour du Monde

Chinese miners, California, 19th century. Artist: Gustave Adolphe Chassevent-Bacques
Chinese miners, California, 19th century. A print from le Tour du Monde

Bradley coal mine, near Bilston, 1886. From Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, volume I, by Charles Tomlinson

The Queen visiting a Cornish Iron Mine, c1840s, (1900). Queen Victoria is shown round a mine. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

The Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1854, (1886). Artist: WJ Smedley
The Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1854, (1886). The Eureka Stockade was a miners revolt in 1854. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran

A Mining Camp on a North-West American River, 1877

Soviet Poster, 1930

Gold mine, Korea, c1900

Mine collapse, Aniche, France, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th December 1900

Labour in Paris, 1899. Artist: F Meaulle
Labour in Paris, 1899. Building works fro the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th May 1899

Among the miners, the resumption of work, 1902
Among the minors, the resumption of work, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 30th November 1902

The Miners Strike in Carmaux, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 1st October 1892

Miners safety lamp, 1833. Artist: Jackson
Miners safety lamp, 1833. Humphry Davys invention of 1815, the miners safety lamp, which enabled deeper, more gaseous seams to be mined without risk of explosion

Opencast mine, Korea, 1900

Mine, Korea, 1900

The Bottom of the Shaft, 1862. Wagons of coal are being wheeled to the pit shaft, placed in a cage and hauled to the surface. From The Popular Encyclopaedia. (Glasgow and London, 1862)

Inside a Cheshire salt mine, 1889. Miners are gathering loose rock salt after blasting, and loading it into a horse-drawn tub for hoisting to the surface

Mining for rock salt, c1890. Miners being lowered down a shaft on rope slings to begin their shift in the salt mine at Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland

Woman and boy drawing a corve containing 3-4 cwt of coal, Bolton, Lancashire, 1848. The woman wears a harness around her waist, passing between her legs and attached to a sledge by a chain

Boy putter drawing a truck containing coal along a 24 inch high seam, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1848
Boy putter drawing a truck containing 2 1/4 cwt of coal along a 24 inch high seam, Halifax, Yorkshire, 1848. This illustrates the hardship of conditions underground in the British coal industry in

Woman and children coal putters, Mid and East Lothian, Scotland, 1848. Artist: J Christie
Woman and children coal putters, Mid and East Lothian, Scotland, 1848. From A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries by Matthias Dunn. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848)

Boy putters moving coal in a narrow seam, Lancashire, England, 1848. From A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries by Matthias Dunn. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848)

The coal miner carrying his tools and safety his lamp, 1890. From Mining and Ore Dressing Machinery. (London, 1890)

Coal mining: sending baskets (corves) of coal to the surface of a mine, 1852. From The Wonders of Home by Grandfather Grey. (London, 1852)

Woman putter dragging a sledge of coal along a narrow seam, South Wales, c1848

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