Mine Cart Collection

Two men pushing a cart full of coal in a mine. July 1978 P018160

A five-man coal mine. No strikes or labour troubles at this mine. The new Speedwell level, the Forest of Dean. June 1945 P018156

WORLD WAR I: QUARRY. German troops digging caves inside a quarry for the storage of explosives in the Champagne region of France during World War I. Photograph, 1914-1918

FREE SILVER CARTOON, 1893. A Senatorial Desperado. Take My Silver or I ll Take Your Life. Chromolithograph cartoon depicting a silver prospector threatening Uncle Sam to accept the free coinage of

MINERS WAR, 1874. Fight between two factions of miners, near Macdonald Station on the Panhandle Railroad in Pennsylvania, October 1874. Contemporary American engraving

COAL MINE: BLAST, 1867. Blasting the at the face of a coal mine near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving, American, 1867

COAL MINE, 1867. Miners chiseling away the face of the lead at a coal mine near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving, American, 1867

COAL MINE: STABLE, 1867. The stable at a coal mine near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving, American, 1867

COAL MINE: MINE CART, 1867. Loading the cars at a coal mine near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving, American, 1867

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Two men diligently push a mine cart filled with coal from the depths of a mine in July 1978, contrasting the hard labor of extracting resources from the earth with the peaceful absence of strikes or troubles at this particular mine. This scene echoes the past, as men have toiled in mines since ancient times, from the quarries of World War I where German troops dug caves, to the coal mines of the late 1800s, where miners chiseled away at the face, loaded mine carts, and even faced off in factions during the Miners War of 1874. Yet, despite the challenges and dangers, the cart's steady progress symbolizes the perseverance and resilience of those who have shaped our industrial history.