Group of trainee miners wait underground for a train that will take them to the coal face at the Markham colliery in Derbyshire, England circa 1950.
Coal miners are conveyed the long distance to the pit face by rail at Mere Grove, Armthorpe, near Doncaster. Original Publication: Picture Post - 799...
Davidson, a young miner at the Lynemouth colliery of the Ashington Coal Company. Davidson later became manager at the colliery after attending the...
Welsh miner's wife washing her husband after work, June 1931. Photograph taken by James Jarche for the H V Morton series 'In search of Wales', .
British coal miner Tommy Shotton collecting his lantern before beginning his nightshift at a colliery near Newcastle.
England Pit Nurses, Two miners receive medical assistance from a doctor and nurse at a colliery surgery
15th February 1947, Kent, England, A picture of a miner writing the weekly production totals on a blackboard, as they are working hard to exceed...
Number of boys volunteered for the coal mines following a Government appeal, and started their training at Markham Main Colliery, near Doncaster.
Using his newly developed Sashalight, photographer Sasha has taken this picture of coal miners in the emergency cage. The Sashalight is a new type of...
Accidents such as this were caused by firedamp - methane and other flammable gases, often mixed with air. The decomposition of coal and other...