Coal Mining Collection (page 5)

Mauricewood Colliery, Penicuik, Midlothian, the Scene of the late Disastrous Fire (engraving)
1596129 Mauricewood Colliery, Penicuik, Midlothian, the Scene of the late Disastrous Fire (engraving) by Wilson, Thomas Harrington (fl.1842-86) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Opening the Mayo Colliery at Gogose, Chandah, India (engraving)
1099482 Opening the Mayo Colliery at Gogose, Chandah, India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opening the Mayo Colliery at Gogose, Chandah, India)

The Miners Strike in Durham, Great Mass Meeting at Twizell, in the County of Durham (engraving)
1106640 The Miners Strike in Durham, Great Mass Meeting at Twizell, in the County of Durham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Miners Strike in Durham)

The Coal Strike, Miners getting Surface Coal in Fields near Sheffield (litho)
1063202 The Coal Strike, Miners getting Surface Coal in Fields near Sheffield (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Coal Strike)

The miners pick (chromolitho)
977702 The miners pick (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The miners pick. French educational card, late 19th/early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Work at a Coal Mine, III (engraving)
1059883 Work at a Coal Mine, III (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Work at a Coal Mine, III)

Work at a Coal Mine, II (engraving)
1059882 Work at a Coal Mine, II (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Work at a Coal Mine, II)

A kings royal charter to dig coal (gravure)
979520 A kings royal charter to dig coal (gravure) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A kings royal charter to dig coal)

Encampments of the Pitmen in Northumberland and Durham (engraving)
1625010 Encampments of the Pitmen in Northumberland and Durham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Encampments of the Pitmen in Northumberland and Durham)

Henry Richardson, 1902 (oil on canvas)
TW426919 Henry Richardson, 1902 (oil on canvas) by Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925); 147.7x97.7 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Going Home, 1888 (oil on canvas)
TW427339 Going Home, 1888 (oil on canvas) by Hedley, Ralph (1848-1913); 76.5x55.9 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Mining Operations in the Malay Peninsula (engraving)
1626897 Mining Operations in the Malay Peninsula (engraving) by Loye, Charles Auguste (Montbard) (1841-1905); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mining Operations in the Malay Peninsula)

Tyldesley Colliery, Scene of the late Explosion (engraving)
1619559 Tyldesley Colliery, Scene of the late Explosion (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tyldesley Colliery, Scene of the late Explosion)

The Royal Visit to Wales (engraving)
1596443 The Royal Visit to Wales (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Visit to Wales)

Three Coal Breaker Boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA, c
5863143 Three Coal Breaker Boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA, c.1890 (b/w photo) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

President Faure of France visiting the coal mines of Lens (colour litho)
2818968 President Faure of France visiting the coal mines of Lens (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

South Wales, Coal Mining (chromolitho)
2799226 South Wales, Coal Mining (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: South Wales, Coal Mining)

The Strike in South Wales (engraving)
1052723 The Strike in South Wales (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Strike in South Wales)

Pits and Pitmen, the Night Shift (engraving)
1052389 Pits and Pitmen, the Night Shift (engraving) by Ridley, Matthew White (1837-88) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pits and Pitmen, the Night Shift)

Lambton Colliery, near Newcastle, New South Wales (engraving)
1102980 Lambton Colliery, near Newcastle, New South Wales (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lambton Colliery, near Newcastle, New South Wales)

The Strike in South Wales, Amusements of the Colliers, "Stepping"(engraving)
1105149 The Strike in South Wales, Amusements of the Colliers, " Stepping" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Strike in South Wales)

The Strike in South Wales, Interior of a Colliers Cottage (engraving)
1105126 The Strike in South Wales, Interior of a Colliers Cottage (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Strike in South Wales)

The Coal Crisis, the Miners charged by the Police at Hebburn, near Durham (engraving)
1056092 The Coal Crisis, the Miners charged by the Police at Hebburn, near Durham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Coal Crisis)

Meeting of Pitmen, on Pittington Hill (engraving)
1101179 Meeting of Pitmen, on Pittington Hill (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Meeting of Pitmen, on Pittington Hill)

Burradon Colliery, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, the Scene of the Recent Fatal Explosion (engraving)
1098630 Burradon Colliery, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, the Scene of the Recent Fatal Explosion (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Burradon Colliery)

The Burning Well near Pontefract (engraving)
1612987 The Burning Well near Pontefract (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Burning Well near Pontefract)

Bunker s-Hill Mine, North Staffordshire, the Scene of the late Fatal Explosion (engraving)
1611776 Bunker s-Hill Mine, North Staffordshire, the Scene of the late Fatal Explosion (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bunker s-Hill Mine)

The late Mr Parkin Jeffcock, of Derby, Mining Engineer (engraving)
1610841 The late Mr Parkin Jeffcock, of Derby, Mining Engineer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The late Mr Parkin Jeffcock, of Derby, Mining Engineer)

A Miners Gala Day in Germany (litho)
1592438 A Miners Gala Day in Germany (litho) by Wollen, William Barnes (1857-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Miners Gala Day in Germany)

Coal-Mining in the Interior of North China, near Tayuen Fu (engraving)
1592406 Coal-Mining in the Interior of North China, near Tayuen Fu (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coal-Mining in the Interior of North China)

The Development of Coal Mining in Kent, Views at the Workings (b / w photo)
1628429 The Development of Coal Mining in Kent, Views at the Workings (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Development of Coal Mining in Kent)

The Disastrous Flooding of Audley Colliery (b / w photo)
1627831 The Disastrous Flooding of Audley Colliery (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Disastrous Flooding of Audley Colliery)

The Strike in South Wales (engraving)
1105127 The Strike in South Wales (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Strike in South Wales)

Pits and Pitmen, the Men leaving the Pit (engraving)
1052396 Pits and Pitmen, the Men leaving the Pit (engraving) by Ridley, Matthew White (1837-88) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pits and Pitmen, the Men leaving the Pit)

The Lock-Out in South Wales, Miners breaking Stones on the Brecon Road (engraving)
1053427 The Lock-Out in South Wales, Miners breaking Stones on the Brecon Road (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lock-Out in South Wales)

The Edmund Main Colliery, near Barnsley, sketched from the Bank near the Masons Arms (engraving)
1098072 The Edmund Main Colliery, near Barnsley, sketched from the Bank near the Masons Arms (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Edmund Main Colliery)

Portrait of Judge Suetonius Grant Heatly and Temperance Heatly with their Indian servants
CH451499 Portrait of Judge Suetonius Grant Heatly and Temperance Heatly with their Indian servants, in an interior in Calcutta, c.1786 (oil on canvas) by Devis

Tench Coxe (1755-1824) (oil on canvas)
AKM202046 Tench Coxe (1755-1824) (oil on canvas) by Paul, Jeremiah (1761-1810); Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent; (add.info.: bought 80)

Women Miners (print)
6211481 Women Miners (print) by Rassenfosse, Armand (1862-1934); 44x58 cm; Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford; Belgian, out of copyright

Colliers leaving the Harbour, North Shields, after the Breaking up of the Strike (engraving)
1625435 Colliers leaving the Harbour, North Shields, after the Breaking up of the Strike (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colliers leaving the Harbour)

George Stephenson, the Father of Railways (engraving)
1590440 George Stephenson, the Father of Railways (engraving) by Overend, William Heysham (1851-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Stephenson, the Father of Railways)

Scene of the Recent Colliery Explosion at Wigan, the Arley Pit of the Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Company (engraving)
1601701 Scene of the Recent Colliery Explosion at Wigan, the Arley Pit of the Ince Hall Coal and Cannel Company (engraving) by English School

The Durham Colliery Strike (engraving)
1614792 The Durham Colliery Strike (engraving) by Wollen, William Barnes (1857-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Durham Colliery Strike)

Dinner given by the Marchioness of Londonderry to 3000 Pitmen, in the Grounds of Seaham Hall (engraving)
1609039 Dinner given by the Marchioness of Londonderry to 3000 Pitmen, in the Grounds of Seaham Hall (engraving) by English School

The South Shields Pendulum Experiments (engraving)
1607840 The South Shields Pendulum Experiments (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The South Shields Pendulum Experiments)

The Collieries Strike, Soup-Kitchen at St Helens, Lancashire (engraving)
1627558 The Collieries Strike, Soup-Kitchen at St Helens, Lancashire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Collieries Strike, Soup-Kitchen at St Helens)

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"Unearthing the Depths: A Glimpse into the World of Coal Mining" Step back in time to Lea Hall Colliery and Rugeley A Power Station, Staffordshire, 1963. Witness the relentless determination of a coal miner as he delves deep into the earth, braving darkness and danger to fuel a nation. In Tonypandy, Rhondda Valley, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe stands a solemn statue honoring these unsung heroes. Their unwavering spirit echoes through generations as they tirelessly worked at Ebbw Vale Colliery. Travel further back in time to Elsecar colliery in 1793 when sections of this mine were under Earl Fitzwilliam's ownership. The rich history embedded within its walls tells tales of resilience and sacrifice that shaped communities. Markham Main Colliery near Doncaster paints a vivid picture of life in South Yorkshire during 1961. Miners brave treacherous conditions underground while R Colin Snow coal merchants wagon stands proudly above ground at Barnburgh Colliery. The struggle for workers' rights comes alive with an evocative image from Wheatsheaf Colliery in Pendlebury during January 1912. Balloting for the coal strike captures the unity and strength among miners fighting for fair treatment. Safety takes center stage as Beamish Park hosts an Ambulance-Drill Demonstration for Coal-Miners in Durham. These drills ensure that every miner is prepared for any eventuality that may arise beneath their feet. Wath Main Colliery near Rotherham showcases both the grit and camaraderie shared by miners in South Yorkshire during 1956. Their sweat-soaked brows bear witness to their tireless efforts day after day. Experience a slice of mining life at The Colliery exhibit within Beamish Museum located in Stanley County Durham. Immerse yourself in authentic surroundings and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by these brave individuals.