Coal Mine Collection

Lea Hall Colliery and Rugeley A Power Station, Staffordshire, 1963. Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board (NCB) and work began in 1954

Coal Miner
A miner pushing a coal truck, 1878. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

R Colin Snow coal merchants wagon, Barnburgh Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist
R Colin Snow coal merchants wagon, Barnburgh Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1961. Snows were one of the many coal merchants operating in the South Yorkshire area, selling locally mined coal

Bedwas Navigation Colliery, Monmouthshire, South Wales
View of Lewis Merthyr Pit, Bedwas Navigation Colliery, Monmouthshire, South Wales. The colliery opened in 1913 and closed in the mid-1980s, after the Miners Strike

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

WEST VIRGINIA: COAL MINE. The next trip. Coal miners sitting in a mining car, ready to go into the mine shaft at Maidsville, West Virginia. Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott, September 1938

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

Wyndham Colliery, Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, South Wales
A pre-1914 image of the Wyndham Colliery, Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, South Wales which opened in 1868. Date: circa 1900s

New Tredegar Colliery, Rhymney Valley, South Wales
An engine house damaged by subsidence at New Tredegar Colliery, Rhymney Valley, South Wales. This colliery suffered from many landslips and other geological problems, and eventually closed in 1930

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

Marine Colliery, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South Wales
View of the Marine Colliery, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South Wales. Date: early 20th century

Bestwood Colliery, near Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire
View of Bestwood Colliery, near Bestwood Village, Nottinghamshire. The colliery closed in 1967, but the surviving headstock and winding house, and vertical steam engine of 1873

Wath Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956. Artist
Wath Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1956. The pit was originally sunk in 1876 to a depth of 382 yards

Manvers Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Manvers Main Colliery, Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Taken for a cover image for the NCB Coal Quarterly Magazine, the photograph shows the head gear at the colliery

Markham Main Colliery, Armthorpe, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1961. A general view of the colliery taken during refurbishment work in 1961

Dereliction
8th January 1955: The derelict buildings and discarded machinery of a worked-out coal mine near Wigan, Lancashire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7467 - Problem Of A Dying Coalfield - pub

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

Frickley Colliery, South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
Frickley Colliery, South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, 1965. With its shaft sunk in 1905, Frickley Colliery in the village of South Elmsall, West Yorkshire

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

Ocean Colliery, Nant Y Moel, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of the Ocean Colliery (also known as Western Colliery), Nant Y Moel (Nantymoel), Ogmore Vale, Glamorgan, South Wales, with a mixture of sleet and smoke on a day of bad weather

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

Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales
General view of the Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, Rhymney Valley, South Wales

Llest Colliery explosion, Glamorgan, South Wales
A group of men and boys waiting for news of miners trapped underground following an explosion at Llest (Lluest) Colliery, Pontyrhyl, near Bridgend, Glamorgan, South Wales

The Colliery, Beamish Museum, Stanley, County Durham. The Beamish Museum is an open air museum devoted to recreating life in a northern Industrial town in the early 20th century

Collieries, c1805. Pithead scene at a coal mine. At the bottom a horse whim is raising coal from the pit and a man is breaking coal with a pick

Underground scene in a coal mine in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne area of England, 1823. Miners hewing coal and carrying away in corves (baskets). From Scenes of British Wealth by the Rev Isaac Taylor

Coal (engraving)
5221742 Coal (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coal. From Illustrations of Useful Arts and Manufactures by Charles Tomlinson (SPCK)

Queen Mary visiting a Welsh colliery, 1935. A print from King Emperors Jubilee, 1910-1935, by FGH Salusbury, Daily Express Publications, London, 1935

Interior of a coal mine, 1862. Underground scene in a mine, showing a miner winning coal, while a wagon full of coal is being hauled along rails to the bottom of the pit shaft by a pony

Coal mining boots are shown above miners lockers before the start of an afternoon shift at a coal mine near Gilbert, West Virginia May 22, 2014

Coal miners, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Coal miners, between c1910 and c1915

Miners among coal boxes, S. Wilkes-Barre, PA. 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Miners among coal boxes, S. Wilkes-Barre, PA. 1912

Coal mine idle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Coal mine idle, between c1910 and c1915

Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Colliery Lasses, British Coal strike, between c1910 and c1915

British coal strike - Llwynpia, South Wales. A colliery village. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
British coal strike - Llwynpia, South Wales. A colliery village. between c1910 and c1915. Shows the town of Llwynypia, Wales

Miners leaving entrance to coal mine near Scranton, PA. 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Miners leaving entrance to coal mine near Scranton, PA. 1912

Staffordshire coal miners
5311954 Staffordshire coal miners; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Staffordshire coal miners. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting the bottom of a pit shaft showing the corves being sent to the surface
5311243 An engraving depicting the bottom of a pit shaft showing the corves being sent to the surface, a pony drawing clear corves back to the coal face and, left

Sectional view of a furnace ventilation shaft typical of many coal mines
5307486 Sectional view of a furnace ventilation shaft typical of many coal mines.; (add.info.: Sectional view of a furnace ventilation shaft typical of many coal mines)

Illustration showing a French coal miner with a safety lamp, 1900 (lithograph)
3665925 Illustration showing a French coal miner with a safety lamp, 1900 (lithograph); Universal History Archive/UIG

A general view of Borinage in 1870
5307535 A general view of Borinage in 1870.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a general view of Borinage in 1870, the industrial and coal mining district in the Hainault province of Belgium)

Coal miners, carrying their safety lamps, 1869 (engraving)
863780 Coal miners, carrying their safety lamps, 1869 (engraving); (add.info.: Coal miners, carrying their safety lamps, being lowered down the pit shaft on a chain with stirrups attached)

Merthyr Vale, South Wales. 1962. At Merthyr Vale, where long lines of houses stretch out from the colliery, the valley of the Taff still retains some of its beauty. Picture taken 25th August 1962

Stay-in strikers return. John James washes the back of his friend Arnold Moyle. February 1960 P018171

Jane Pit 35139_037
The remains of Jane Pit, a 19th century undersea coal mine, Mossbay, Cumbria, 2021

Clipstone Colliery 35050_020
Headstocks and Powerhouse at the site of the former Clipstone Colliery, which finally closed in April 2003. The structures are Grade II listed, Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, 2021

Clipstone Colliery 35050_013
Headstocks and Powerhouse at the site of the former Clipstone Colliery, which finally closed in April 2003. The structures are Grade II listed, Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, 2021

Clipstone Colliery 35050_012
Headstocks and Powerhouse at the site of the former Clipstone Colliery, which finally closed in April 2003. The structures are Grade II listed, Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, 2021

Snibston Colliery 35007_012
Snibston Colliery, Leicestershire, 2021

Snibston Colliery 35007_018
Winding gear and creeper system at Snibston Colliery, Leicestershire, 2021

A section of coal is exposed in the rock face lining a road in Partridge, Kentucky, U.S. May 20, 2018. Picture taken May 20, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Steam rises from a pile of coal at a mine in Bishop, West Virginia, U.S. May 19, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Italy, Sardinia, Southwest Sardinia, Monteponi, Monteponi mining complex, dating back to 1324, winding gear

The Page Bank Colliery-pit on Fire, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Page Bank Colliery-pit on Fire, 1858. Industrial accident near Durham. The fire is supposed to have originated by a spark from the furnace failing into the shaft...An attempt was made by two of

Les terrils de Sacré Madame, 1897. Creator: Maximilien Luce
Les terrils de Sacre Madame, 1897. The slag heaps of Sacre Madame. Coal mine in the western suburbs of Charleroi

The employment of women at pit mouths - breakfast time, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The employment of women at pit mouths - breakfast time, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Pendulum-Room at the Bottom of the Harton Coal-Pit, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Pendulum-Room at the Bottom of the Harton Coal-Pit, 1854. Experiment to determine the weight of the Earth. The apparatus consists of two astronomical clocks with compensation pendulums

Mouth of the Harton Coal-Pit, South Shields, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Mouth of the Harton Coal-Pit, South Shields, 1854. Mr. Airy['s] grand object was to arrive at the weight of our globe...it being necessary to know this before we can proceed to determine

Entrance to the Coal-Mine of Heraclea, on the Black Sea, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Entrance to the Coal-Mine of Heraclea, on the Black Sea, 1854. Fuel for allied ships during the Crimean War. The new system of steam-warfare demands an immediate supply of coal...the coal-pits of

Company housing, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing. Rent approximately eight dollars monthly in Utah coal town

Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Main street, Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street, Utah coal town. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Utah coal mining town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal mining town. Consumers, near Price, Utah. "Dumping grounds of the West"

Housing in Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Housing in Utah coal town

Blue Blaze coal mine, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Blue Blaze coal mine. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Company housing in coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing in coal town

Miners coming home, Blue Blaze mine, Consumers, mining town near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Blue Blaze mine. Consumers, mining town near Price, Utah. Miners coming home

Company housing, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing. Rent approximately eight dollars monthly in Utah coal town

Company housing in coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. Company housing in coal town

Main street in a Utah coal mining settlement, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street in a Utah coal mining settlement. Consumers, near Price

View of company-owned houses, Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers, near Price, Utah. View of company-owned houses. Utah coal town

Blue Blaze coal mine, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Consumers. Blue Blaze coal mine. Near Price, Utah

Main street, Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street, Utah coal town. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Utah coal miners houses, Blue Blaze mine, Consumer, near Price, Utah. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal miners houses. Consumer, near Price, Utah. Blue Blaze mine

Blue Blaze mine, coal town, company houses, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Blue Blaze mine, coal town, company houses. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Miner's housing, company-owned, in Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Miner's housing, company-owned, in Utah coal town. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Company housing, Utah coal town, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Company housing, Utah coal town. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Home and family of a Utah coal miner, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Utah coal miner's house, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal miner's house. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Utah coal mining, Consumers near Price, Utah. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal mining town. Consumers, near Price, Utah. "Dumping grounds of the West"

Utah coal miner, Consumers, near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Utah coal town housing, Consumers near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Utah coal town housing. Consumers, near Price, Utah. Mines owned and controlled by absentee capital in the East

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"Unearthing the Black Gold: A Glimpse into Coal Mining in South Wales and Beyond" Step back in time to 1963, as a coal miner diligently fills his truck at the Lea Hall Colliery in Staffordshire. This snapshot captures the essence of an industry that powered nations and shaped communities. Venturing further south, we find ourselves at Cwmpennar Colliery in Glamorgan, South Wales. Here, miners brave the depths of the earth to extract precious coal that fuels progress and prosperity. A sketch map of Hook, Pembrokeshire reveals another significant mining site nestled within the rugged landscapes of South Wales. The echoes of hard work resonate through these valleys as men dedicate their lives to this arduous profession. Moving eastward towards Ebbw Vale, Gwent, we encounter Marine Colliery situated amidst picturesque surroundings. These scenes belie the harsh realities faced by miners who risk life and limb daily for their craft. Journeying northwards takes us to Bestwood Colliery near Bestwood Village in Nottinghamshire. In this bustling hub of activity, generations have honed their skills underground while forging unbreakable bonds with fellow miners. Returning once again to South Wales brings us to Wyndham Colliery located in Nantymoel's Ogmore Vale region. Here lies a testament to resilience as workers navigate treacherous conditions beneath our feet. New Tredegar Colliery nestled within Rhymney Valley stands tall as a symbol of determination against all odds. Through adversity and triumphs alike, these mines stand firm as pillars supporting local economies. Penrhiwceibr Colliery showcases yet another facet of Glamorgan's rich mining heritage—a testament to human perseverance etched deep into its very foundations. Bedwas Navigation Colliery emerges from Monmouthshire's landscape like a phoenix rising from ashes—an embodiment of strength forged through the fires of industry.