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"Unearthing the Depths: A Glimpse into the Lives of Miners" Coal miners in shaft lift, South Wales: Descending into darkness

Background imageMiner Collection: Squad of sappers and miners coming ashore in a sampan at Chemulpo, c1904. Creator: Robert Lee Dunn

Squad of sappers and miners coming ashore in a sampan at Chemulpo, c1904. Creator: Robert Lee Dunn
Squad of sappers and miners coming ashore in a sampan at Chemulpo, c1904

Background imageMiner Collection: Man panning gold on Nome Beach, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Lomen Brothers

Man panning gold on Nome Beach, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Lomen Brothers
Man panning gold on Nome Beach, between c1900 and c1930

Background imageMiner Collection: Men panning gold, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Lomen Brothers

Men panning gold, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Lomen Brothers
Men panning gold, between c1900 and 1927

Background imageMiner Collection: Montana Mine, 1889. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

Montana Mine, 1889. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Montana Mine, 1889. Eight men, holding pick axes and shovels, standing in front of entrance to mine

Background imageMiner Collection: Open cut in the great Homestake mine, at Lead City, Dak, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

Open cut in the great Homestake mine, at Lead City, Dak, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Open cut in the great Homestake mine, at Lead City, Dak, 1888. Distant view of mine entrance; four men posed on or near three mining cars on tracks

Background imageMiner Collection: Hunting Deer A deer hunt near Deadwood in winter 87 and 88 Two miners McMillan and... 1888

Hunting Deer A deer hunt near Deadwood in winter 87 and 88 Two miners McMillan and... 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Hunting Deer. A deer hunt near Deadwood in winter 87 and 88. Two miners McMillan and Hubbard got their game []. Two hunters around camp fire; one cooking

Background imageMiner Collection: We have it rich Washing and panning gold, Rockerville, Dak Old timers, Spriggs, Lamb... 1889

We have it rich Washing and panning gold, Rockerville, Dak Old timers, Spriggs, Lamb... 1889. Creator: John C. H
We have it rich. Washing and panning gold, Rockerville, Dak. Old timers, Spriggs, Lamb and Dillon at work []. Showing three men, with a dog, panning for gold in a stream. Title transcribed from item

Background imageMiner Collection: Gold Dust Placer mining at Rockerville, Dak Old timers, Spriggs, Lamb and Dillon at work, 1889

Gold Dust Placer mining at Rockerville, Dak Old timers, Spriggs, Lamb and Dillon at work, 1889. Creator: John C. H
Gold Dust Placer mining at Rockerville, Dak Old timers, Spriggs, Lamb and Dillon at work, 1889. Three men placer mining with shovels, picks and pan

Background imageMiner Collection: Gold washing machine on Askold Island, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin

Gold washing machine on Askold Island, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Gold washing machine on Askold Island, 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin

Background imageMiner Collection: A Golden work Hydroulic [sic] mining at Rockdrville [ie Rockerville], Dak, 1889. Creator: John C

A Golden work Hydroulic [sic] mining at Rockdrville [ie Rockerville], Dak, 1889. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
A Golden work Hydroulic [sic] mining at Rockdrville [ie Rockerville], Dak, 1889. Three men overseeing hydraulic equipment

Background imageMiner Collection: Gold Miner Carousing in Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov

Gold Miner Carousing in Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Gold Miner Carousing in Irkutsk, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia

Background imageMiner Collection: Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol... 1904

Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol... 1904
Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol at the Mines, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954)

Background imageMiner Collection: Going to Klondyke, 1897. Creator: May Bloom

Going to Klondyke, 1897. Creator: May Bloom
Going to Klondyke, 1897. The Klondike Gold Rush of 1898 was one of the largest gold frenzies in history. Tens of thousands of prospectors from around the world streamed north to Alaska

Background imageMiner Collection: Aleksander Mikhailovich Sibiriakov, 1888. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov

Aleksander Mikhailovich Sibiriakov, 1888. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov
Aleksander Mikhailovich Sibiriakov, 1888. From a collection of paintings, lithographs, sketches, studies, and drawings, which capture various remote corners of the Siberian wilderness

Background imageMiner Collection: Zakhary Mikhailovich Tsybulsky, 1888. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov

Zakhary Mikhailovich Tsybulsky, 1888. Creator: Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov
Zakhary Mikhailovich Tsybulsky, 1888. From a collection of paintings, lithographs, sketches, studies, and drawings, which capture various remote corners of the Siberian wilderness

Background imageMiner Collection: Hydraulic development of the Strelochny mine - Rock enrichment. 1909

Hydraulic development of the Strelochny mine - Rock enrichment. 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
Hydraulic development of the Strelochny mine - Rock enrichment. 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Background imageMiner Collection: The Tuapeka Goldfields, Otago, New Zealand, 1862. Creator: W Thomas

The Tuapeka Goldfields, Otago, New Zealand, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
The Tuapeka Goldfields, Otago, New Zealand, 1862. The province received a great impetus in June, last year, by the discovery of goldfields situated on a stream called the Tuapeka...The immediate

Background imageMiner Collection: Secret gold panning. 'Predators', 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown. Secret gold panning

Secret gold panning. "Predators", 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown. Secret gold panning
Secret gold panning. "Predators", 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageMiner Collection: Washing gold, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Washing gold, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Washing gold, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageMiner Collection: Washing gold in trays, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Washing gold in trays, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Washing gold in trays, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageMiner Collection: Old mine, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Old mine, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Old mine, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island and the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imageMiner Collection: Magnetite mining in the Ural Mountains, 1914

Magnetite mining in the Ural Mountains, 1914
3785281 Magnetite mining in the Ural Mountains, 1914; (add.info.: Magnetite mining in the Ural Mountains, 1914 ('Mine de fer magnetique'). Showing Visocaya Gora mountain

Background imageMiner Collection: Miners in the catacombs of Paris (ossuaire municipal): underground ossuary of the town of Paris in

Miners in the catacombs of Paris (ossuaire municipal): underground ossuary of the town of Paris in the galleries of an old quarry France Paris. Date of Photograph:1880-1890

Background imageMiner Collection: Group of miners

Group of miners. Date of Photograph:1890-1900

Background imageMiner Collection: A mine in Panama

A mine in Panama Panama. Date of Photograph:1870-1890

Background imageMiner Collection: Portrait of a group of miners, a woman among them, dressed in oilcloth jackets

Portrait of a group of miners, a woman among them, dressed in oilcloth jackets and protective helmets. They are standing in a semicircle around a wagon on tracks, full of minerals, a pick

Background imageMiner Collection: Two men digging with tools in a sulphur mine. The caption on the photo states

Two men digging with tools in a sulphur mine. The caption on the photo states: "the two sulphur miners are almost lost in the crypt that they are digging

Background imageMiner Collection: Two miners on a work break

Two miners on a work break Europe. Date of Photograph:1965 ca

Background imageMiner Collection: Apuan Alps (Carrara). Monoliths being transported on sledges in the quarries

Apuan Alps (Carrara). Monoliths being transported on sledges in the quarries Massa Carrara Apuan Alps. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Background imageMiner Collection: Worker at work at the quarries of Carrara

Worker at work at the quarries of Carrara Carrara. Date of Photograph:1965 - 1975

Background imageMiner Collection: Workers in the 'native compound' of the City Deep mine in Johannesburg

Workers in the "native compound" of the City Deep mine in Johannesburg South Africa Johannesburg, City Deep. Date of Photograph:1920 - 1940 ca

Background imageMiner Collection: A group of miners photographed near some carts carrying coal, outside the Moriani di Follonica mine

A group of miners photographed near some carts carrying coal, outside the Moriani di Follonica mine. Follonica. Date of Photograph:1917

Background imageMiner Collection: Group of miners working at the Moriani di Follonica mine. A shed is in the background

Group of miners working at the Moriani di Follonica mine. A shed is in the background. Follonica. Date of Photograph:1917

Background imageMiner Collection: Group of miners shown pushing full carts on rails. The photograph was taken outside the Moriani di

Group of miners shown pushing full carts on rails. The photograph was taken outside the Moriani di Follonica mine. Follonica. Date of Photograph:1917

Background imageMiner Collection: An ass is pulling a cart of coal on a rail. The photograph was taken outside the Moriani di

An ass is pulling a cart of coal on a rail. The photograph was taken outside the Moriani di Follonica mine. Follonica. Date of Photograph:1917

Background imageMiner Collection: Group of miners shown near carts carrying coal, in the Moriani di Follonica mine

Group of miners shown near carts carrying coal, in the Moriani di Follonica mine. Follonica. Date of Photograph:1917

Background imageMiner Collection: Two men photographed at the entrance of the Moriani di Follonica mine

Two men photographed at the entrance of the Moriani di Follonica mine. Follonica. Date of Photograph:1917

Background imageMiner Collection: The miners mess in the City Deep mine, Johannesburg

The miners mess in the City Deep mine, Johannesburg South Africa Johannesburg, City Deep. Date of Photograph:1920 - 1940 ca

Background imageMiner Collection: Group of miners portrayed at the entrance of a mine in Follonica, Italy

Group of miners portrayed at the entrance of a mine in Follonica, Italy Follonica. Date of Photograph:1917

Background imageMiner Collection: Group of miners shown outside the Moriani di Follonica mine. An ass is pulling a cart carrying coal

Group of miners shown outside the Moriani di Follonica mine. An ass is pulling a cart carrying coal. Follonica. Date of Photograph:1917

Background imageMiner Collection: A tunnel inside the Moriani di Follonica mine. In the background

A tunnel inside the Moriani di Follonica mine. In the background, two men carrying torches are visible. Follonica Moriani Mine. Date of Photograph:1917

Background imageMiner Collection: The Victims of Work (Miners of San Gottardo) by Vincenzo Vela

The Victims of Work (Miners of San Gottardo) by Vincenzo Vela, preserved in the National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome. Rome National Gallery of Modern Art Low Relief, Basrelief Realism

Background imageMiner Collection: Typical Lancashire miners going on strike: A group of men leaving work until further

Typical Lancashire miners going on strike: A group of men leaving work until further notice. Date: October 1920

Background imageMiner Collection: Welsh miners going on strike at the Rhondda valley colliery: Men leaving the mines

Welsh miners going on strike at the Rhondda valley colliery: Men leaving the mines. Date: October 1920

Background imageMiner Collection: Friends of the Yorkshire miner Charles Martin, who worked at Dinnington Colliery

Friends of the Yorkshire miner Charles Martin, who worked at Dinnington Colliery, admire an exhibition of his paintings. See picture no. 13127079 for a photograph of Martin. Date: 1912

Background imageMiner Collection: Sir Humphry Davy in a mine with his safety lamp

Sir Humphry Davy in a mine with his safety lamp. circa 1815

Background imageMiner Collection: Flor de Mayo or Christmas orchid, Cattleya trianae

Flor de Mayo or Christmas orchid, Cattleya trianae. Chromolithograph by Hatch Company after a botanical illustration by Harriet Stewart Miner from Orchids, the Royal Family of Plants, Lee Shepard

Background imageMiner Collection: Having changed their clothes, working miners leave the changing room

Having changed their clothes, working miners leave the changing room and make their way to the pit at Betteshanger Colliery, Kent. 22nd February 1985




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"Unearthing the Depths: A Glimpse into the Lives of Miners" Coal miners in shaft lift, South Wales: Descending into darkness, these brave souls embark on a treacherous journey to extract black gold from deep within the earth. Miners working at the coalface, South Wales: Covered in soot and sweat, their unwavering determination fuels their tireless efforts as they chip away at solid rock to provide energy for countless lives. Levant Mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 11th July 1894: Amidst rugged cliffs and crashing waves, Cornish miners risk life and limb to harvest valuable minerals that shape industries far beyond their coastal haven. Captain Tom Gundry, champion Cornish wrestler. Probably early 1880s: Strong both underground and above it; this formidable miner showcases his prowess not only in wrestling rings but also amidst the grueling conditions of mining life. Richard Arthur (Dicky Nine Lives), Edwyn Vincent (1858-1919): These names echo through history as tales of resilience and survival; miners who defied death time after time while delving into perilous depths beneath our feet. South Condurrow Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. 1892: A hive of activity where men toil relentlessly against nature's forces; each swing of their pickaxe brings them closer to uncovering precious minerals that fuel progress. Markham Colliery Mining Disaster - Remembering Tragedy & Heroism: In a somber moment etched forever in memory, we honor those who lost their lives while pursuing an honest day's work deep within the bowels of Mother Earth. Coal miner filling truck, South Wales mine: With muscles strained and lungs filled with dust-laden air, these resilient workers tirelessly load trucks with coal—fueling the world's hunger for energy.