Colliery Collection (page 7)

Miners Ballot
At Snowdown colliery in Kent, a miner, having completed his shift underground, votes in a ballot on early retirement Date: 24 November 1980

Kinneil Mineworkers protest
Workers protest against the proposed closure of Kinneil Pit, Bo'ness, Scotland. Their efforts were in vain as the colliery was closed in 1983 Date: December 1982

The Coal Strike, from The Year 1912, published London, 1913 (litho)
KW280476 The Coal Strike, from The Year 1912, published London, 1913 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: National Coal Strike, 1912;)

Flooding of the Austria in Wieliczka, Poland, historical engraving, circa 1870
1900s, 19th-century, 5 people, accurate, art print, art prints, arts, arts and crafts, black, black-and-white, black-white, colliery, copper engraving, copper engravings, copy, crafting, depiction

Derelict site of Chatterley Whitfield
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK - November 4th 2017 - Old derelict buildings at the Chatterley Whitfield pit. Chatterley Whitfield Colliery is a disused coal mine on the outskirts of Chell

Payment Bond, Aniche Coal Mine, 1906 (litho)
1731067 Payment Bond, Aniche Coal Mine, 1906 (litho) by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: Compagnie des mines d Aniche (coal mines, Nord Pas de Calais)

Concordia Coal Mine, Oberhausen, Germany (colour engraving)
1730962 Concordia Coal Mine, Oberhausen, Germany (colour engraving) by German School, (19th century); (add.info.: Oberhausen, Germany : Concordia coal mine, engraving, late 19th century)

Bond Beeringen Coal Mine, 1920 (litho)
1729008 Bond Beeringen Coal Mine, 1920 (litho) by Belgian School, (20th century); (add.info.: Bond Beeringen Coal Mine 1920)

Miner and Child with lamp in a coal mine, 1906 (b / w photo))
1729009 Miner and Child with lamp in a coal mine, 1906 (b/w photo)) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Coal mine, 1906 : miner with a lamp and child)

The Disastrous Colliery Explosion at Llanerch, Monmouthshire; General view of the Works... 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Disastrous Colliery Explosion at Llanerch, Monmouthshire; General view of the Works just after the explosion, 1890

AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE JOHN BULL or WORKING THROUGH THE GLOBE. 1803 (engraving)
7262210 AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE JOHN BULL or WORKING THROUGH THE GLOBE. 1803 (engraving) by Roberts, Piercy (fl.1791-1828); Bromley Museum, Orpington

Workers mining rock salt in Northwich, Cheshire. 1807 (aquatint)
7237435 Workers mining rock salt in Northwich, Cheshire. 1807 (aquatint) by Daniell, William (1769-1837); Private Collection; (add.info)

Modern warfare, how the soldiers protect their positions and the difficulties to be overcome... (colour litho)
2815723 Modern warfare, how the soldiers protect their positions and the difficulties to be overcome... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Oxen pushed by the Russians on the cleared land around Premysl and blown up by dynamite... (colour litho)
2815706 Oxen pushed by the Russians on the cleared land around Premysl and blown up by dynamite... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Bloody baptism of fire by the Garibaldini in France, German trench conquered by the bayonet in the Argonne
2815715 Bloody baptism of fire by the Garibaldini in France, German trench conquered by the bayonet in the Argonne (colour litho) by Beltrame

Washing Floor (engraving)
7182665 Washing Floor (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Washing Floor. Illustration for Island Scenery (James B Knapp, c 1895).); © Look and Learn

Australia: Wallsend Coal-Mine, Collie, Western Australia (b / w photo)
7182099 Australia: Wallsend Coal-Mine, Collie, Western Australia (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wallsend Coal-Mine, Collie, Western Australia)

Coal mining (coloured engraving)
7201041 Coal mining (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coal mining. Illustration from Bebe Devient Savant, by Madame Doudet (Theodore Lefevre)

Kimberley, View from Mine (litho)
7156166 Kimberley, View from Mine (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kimberley, View from Mine. Illustration for a set of views of Cape Town, c 1895)

Australia: View from Hamilton Shaft, Great Boulder Mine, Western Australia (b / w photo)
7182090 Australia: View from Hamilton Shaft, Great Boulder Mine, Western Australia (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: View from Hamilton Shaft)

Australia: Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales (b / w photo)
7182025 Australia: Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Houillere; Coal-mine; Kohlenbergwerk (engraving)
7196367 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Houillere; Coal-mine; Kohlenbergwerk (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Houillere; Coal-mine; Kohlenbergwerk)

Australia: The Tasmania Gold Mine, Beaconsfield, Tasmania (b / w photo)
7182155 Australia: The Tasmania Gold Mine, Beaconsfield, Tasmania (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tasmania Gold Mine, Beaconsfield)

Australia: Copper Works, Mount Morgan Gold Mine, Central Queensland (b / w photo)
7182080 Australia: Copper Works, Mount Morgan Gold Mine, Central Queensland (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Copper Works)

Australia: A Country Mining Town, Walhalla, Victoria (b / w photo)
7182060 Australia: A Country Mining Town, Walhalla, Victoria (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Country Mining Town, Walhalla, Victoria)

Silver Mines of Potosi, Peru (engraving)
7179007 Silver Mines of Potosi, Peru (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Silver Mines of Potosi, Peru)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Mine (de houille); Colliery; Kohlengrube (engraving)
7196716 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Mine (de houille); Colliery; Kohlengrube (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mine (de houille); Colliery; Kohlengrube

The Widows of Courrieres, 1909. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Widows of Courrieres, 1909

Two Spouted Torch, c. 1942. Creator: William Frank
Two Spouted Torch, c. 1942

Trades in Regency England: glass-blowing, colliery and tanning
6340313 Trades in Regency England: glass-blowing, colliery and tanning by Taylor, Isaac (1730-1807); (add.info.: Trades in Regency England: glass-blowing, colliery and tanning)

Discharging coal at the top of a mine shaft (litho)
6014254 Discharging coal at the top of a mine shaft (litho) by Ward, Enoch (1859-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Discharging coal at the top of a mine shaft)

Cross-section of the workings of an English coal mine (litho)
6014400 Cross-section of the workings of an English coal mine (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cross-section of the workings of an English coal mine)

The Coal Strike in the North of France (engraving)
1063178 The Coal Strike in the North of France (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Coal Strike in the North of France)

Mining scenes (engraving)
820701 Mining scenes (engraving) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mining scenes. A cross-section of a colliery and men panning for iron ore. Houillere)

Fierce battle to force the Dardanelles Strait, bursting mines sink the battleship... (colour litho)
2815737 Fierce battle to force the Dardanelles Strait, bursting mines sink the battleship... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

The hunt for mines in peacetime, in the Mediterranean (colour litho)
2808808 The hunt for mines in peacetime, in the Mediterranean (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mine hunting in peacetime, in the Mediterranean)

The first Huns tank captured by the French (colour litho)
2808696 The first Huns tank captured by the French (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The first tank of the Huns captured by the French)

The watchful work of our Navy in the Adriatic (colour litho)
2808608 The watchful work of our Navy in the Adriatic (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The watchful work of our Navy in the Adriatic)

The Russo-Japanese War, death of Russian Commander General Keller due to a howitzer blast (Colour Litho)
2798807 The Russo-Japanese War, death of Russian Commander General Keller due to a howitzer blast (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

A terrible outbreak of grisu in a mine in Illinois, in the United States, buried alive... (colour litho)
2778118 A terrible outbreak of grisu in a mine in Illinois, in the United States, buried alive... (colour litho) by Beltrame

A feat of the Iron Man (Colour Litho)
2777809 A feat of the Iron Man (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A feat of the iron man)

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

Lancashire miners extinguishing their lamps after ceasing work: Men on strike at Audenshaw pits. Date: October 1920

Black country strikers: miners at the pit bank, Stoke-on-Trent, coming up in the cage for the last time. Date: October 1920

Trades in Regency England: charcoal burning, Jew selling pencils, and fishing. Worker at a charcoal pit in Furness 64, Jewish pedlar selling pencils door to door in Borrowdale 65

The coal mine at Commentry, illustration from Le Magasin Pittoresque
CHT286996 The coal mine at Commentry, illustration from Le Magasin Pittoresque, 1835 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Breviere, Louis Henri (1797-1869); Private Collection; (add.info)

Charles Martin, a working miner from Dinnington Colliery who was also a successful artist, having painted in oils 270 pictures, many of which he had sold

Hetton Colliery Railway locomotive. Verso stamped John R Moore, photographer, 48 Crowtree Road, Sunderland. Inscribed in pencil H Stephens, Quay. Date: circa 1901

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"Exploring the Depths: A Glimpse into the World of Collieries in South Wales and Beyond" Step back in time to witness the sheer determination and resilience of miners working at the coalface in South Wales. These brave individuals, with their sweat-soaked brows and soot-covered faces, embody the spirit of hard work that powered entire communities. In a shaft lift deep underground, coal miners from South Wales descend into darkness, ready to embark on another grueling shift. Their unwavering dedication is evident as they navigate through treacherous tunnels, risking their lives for a livelihood. At Gelli coalmine in Rhondda, South Wales, these unsung heroes toil relentlessly amidst deafening noise and choking dust. The rhythmic clanking of machinery echoes through the air as they extract precious black gold from beneath the earth's surface. Witness a miner riding drams at Tirpentwys Colliery in South Wales - an exhilarating yet perilous journey filled with adrenaline and courage. These men fearlessly navigate narrow tracks while carrying heavy loads of coal, showcasing their incredible strength and skill. Markham Colliery stands tall as a testament to mining history. Its towering structures serve as reminders of an era when this industry thrived - providing employment opportunities for countless individuals who depended on it for survival. A coal miner diligently fills his truck at a South Wales mine - each shovelful representing hours spent underground extracting this valuable resource. This tireless effort fuels industries far beyond these dark depths. Welsh women road builders play an integral role in shaping infrastructure within South Wales. With grit under their nails and determination etched upon their faces, they break barriers by proving that gender should never limit one's capabilities or aspirations. Lea Hall Colliery alongside Rugeley A Power Station forms an iconic duo that powers Staffordshire forward into progress. The symbiotic relationship between collieries and power stations illustrates the interconnectedness of industries that rely on coal.