Mine Collection (page 6)

Fete in celebration of winning the coal on the Rhondda branch of the Taff Vale railway, 1851
Fete in celebration of winning the coal on the Rhondda branch of the Taff Vale railway, Wales, 1851. A print from the Illustrated London News, (23 August 1851)

Beaconsfield Gold Mines, Tasmania, Australia, 1886. Gold was discovered near Beaconsfield in 1869 and the town boomed after mining began in 1877

Vauquois, 29th August 1915, (1926). Artist: Francois Flameng
Vauquois, 29th August 1915, (1926). The hill of the Butte de Vauquois in the Argonne occupied a strategic position as an observation point

A French sapper digging a tunnel to place a mine under the enemy lines, France, 1915. The placing of huge explosive mines in tunnels beneath enemy trenches became a common tactic on the Western Front

A diamond mine at Kimberley, Griqualand West, (Northern Cape, South Africa), c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

The Battle of the Kegs, 6 January 1778, (1872). Scene during the American Revolution when a particular British fleet of ships terrorized the colonists and resided in Philadelphias port

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

Soviet Poster, 1930

Gold mine, Korea, c1900

Sinking of the Russian battleship Petropavlosk, Russo-Japanese War, 13th April 1904. The Russian ironclad Petropavlosk was sunk by a Japanese mine off Port Arthur with the loss of 600 lives

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

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

Opencast mine, Korea, 1900

Mine, Korea, 1900

Mineralogy, cross section of a mine, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

Mineralogy, slate works on the Meuse river, France, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

Bombardment of a mine by the Germans, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 5th August 1915

A crater caused by the explosion of a mine, Western Front, 1917. The placing of huge explosive mines in tunnels beneath enemy trenches became a common tactic on the Western Front during World War I

Coal mining disaster, Oaks Colliery, Barnsley, Yorkshire, December 1866. 350 people were killed in the disaster including a number who perished in the second

Coal miner working a narrow seam, c1864. The miner is crouching on the floor and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling out the coal

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

Mount Potosi, Bolivia, c1788. In 1545 one of the worlds richest silver deposits was discovered at Mount (Cerro) Potosi in what is now Bolivia

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

Pithead at Hebburn Colliery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne area, 1860. The engine house (left) provides power for the winding gear (centre) which is raising baskets (corves)

Carglaze tin mine, near St Austell, Cornwall, England, c1825, (1837). Tin mining was practised in Cornwall since the Bronze Age, but reached its peak in the 19th century

Georgius Agricola, 16th century German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist. Agricola (christened Georg Bauer) (1494-1555) was the author of De re metallica

Rock Salt: Miners at work in salt mine, Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland, 20th century. Cigarette card c1920

Rock Salt: Miners at work in salt mine near Cracow, Poland, c1820. Not all the salt is excavated, some pillars being left to support the roof of the mine

The Cathedral, Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England, 19th century
The Cathedral, Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England, showing the pillars of salt that have been left to support the ceiling of the cavern which has been left after the excavation of rock

Dream Lead Mine, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, 1881. Sectional view showing the workings and the position in which a skeleton of a rhinoceros was discovered

Aftermath of a mining accident, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1895. Pit-head scene showing the reactions of friends and relatives as victims of a fire-damp (mainly Methane)

Coal mining accident, Courrieres Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1906. Anxious friends and relatives wait at the pit-head while bodies of the victims who died when the roof fell in are brought to

Dalcoath copper mine, Camborne, Cornwall, c1830. View of the mine showing engine houses and Bolling Maidens who broke ore into small pieces. The mine later also produced tin

Tin mine between Camborne and Redruth, Cornwall, c1860. Ore is being washed in the foreground, while in the background, Cornish steam engine houses powering mine pumps

Thomas Saverys steam pump or the miners friend, 1702 (1726). Saverys steam powered pump was used for draining water out of mines. From Lexicon Technicum, by John Harris, 1726

Miners blasting, 1879. The men are sheltering behind rocks as the dynamite charge they have set is detonated. (Paris, 1879)

Sketch of the Harrington Mill Pitt Colliery, County Durham, early 19th century. Artist: Middlemist
Sketch of the Harrington Mill Pitt Colliery, County Durham, early 19th century. View of the pit head, showing the steam engine house

Section of a Coal Mine, 1860. Artist: Thomas Dick
Section of a Coal Mine, 1860. A general pit head scene showing an engine house for a steam engine, the pit head winding gear and the underground areas of the mine in cross section

Underground scene in a coal mine, 1860. Full baskets (corves) of coal being loaded on a tram wagon using a crane. Pit ponies were used to haul coal underground

Bottom of a pit shaft in a coal mine with a train of loaded wagons, 1860
Bottom of a pit shaft in a coal mine with a train of loaded wagons waiting to be hoisted to the surface, 1860. The coal wagons have flanged wheels

Leather Russacks found in the Salt Mines of Hallstatt, Austria: Celtic Iron Age: c. 6th century BC
Leather Russacks found in Salt Mines of Hallstatt, Austria, Celtic Iron Age, c6th century BC

Granite Cliffs below Lands End mine, Cornwall, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Granite Cliffs below Lands End mine, Cornwall, England, 20th century. Lands End is a headland and the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall

East Pool Whim Engine House, 19th century
East Pool Whim Engine House, a 30 inch rotative beam engine for a tin mine, 19th century

China-clay workings in Cornwall, northwest of St Austell

Hide rucksack found in salt mines, 6th century BC
Hide rucksack found in Iron Age salt mines, 6th century BC

Leather shoes from salt mines, 6th century BC
Leather shoes from the salt mines at Hallstatt, Austria, 6th century BC

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