Watercolour sketch labelled �Carrying Wood, Woodmen�. One of a set of 66 watercolours and pen and ink sketches of aspects of lead mining in the area...
Albumen photographic print showing a yard at a pit head including wooden sleepers, wooden pit props and winding gear.
Miners trapped under broken pit-props and rock. Despite improvements in technology and stricter health and safety regulations, mining remains a...
Engraving by Le Blanc showing the method of contruction of underground tunnels using wooden beams. Illustration from �De la richesse minerale:...
British coal mining - pitmen working a seam in a gallery with roof supported by wooden pit props. Photograph c1900. Card for a stereoscope.