Images largely cover coal mining in Britain from the 1870s to the 1960s. This includes pictures of the miners in their recreational activities, as well as at work in the collieries. There are also pictures of Victorian accidents and disasters, gold and diamond mining in other countries, and records of early tin mining in Britain.
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Canvas bag and tally sticks, part of the accounts of Richard de Wigornia
Gold mining on the Leech River, British Columbia, 1864
Miners working on tunnel support, 1894
Pit brow girls at work, Wigan Colliery, 1898
Washing plant, De Beers diamond mines, South Africa, 1901
King Edward tin and copper mine, Camborne, Cornwall, 1904
Tub from the Hartley Colliery disaster of 1862, photographed in 1901
Disaster at Wellington pit, Whitehaven, 1910. 
Post-war National Coal Board mining recruitment poster
Underground at Caphouse Colliery, Overton, West Yorkshire
Back home from the
shift
Washing at the tub in front of the fire
Canvas bag and tally sticks, part of the accounts of Richard de Wigornia
Gold mining on the Leech River, British Columbia, 1864
Miners working on tunnel support, 1894
Pit brow girls at work, Wigan Colliery, 1898
Washing plant, De Beers diamond mines, South Africa, 1901
King Edward tin and copper mine, Camborne, Cornwall, 1904
Tub from the Hartley Colliery disaster of 1862, photographed in 1901
Disaster at Wellington pit, Whitehaven, 1910. 
Post-war National Coal Board mining recruitment poster
Underground at Caphouse Colliery, Overton, West Yorkshire
Back home from the 
Washing at the tub in front of the fire