Monday, September 30, 2013

Miner Returning Home (1907)

Andrew Roy. A History of the Coal Miners of the United States From the Development of the Mines to the Close of the Anthracite Strike of 1902 Including a Brief Sketch of Early British Miners. (Columbus: Trauger Printing Company, 1907).

Friday, September 27, 2013

Woe Betide the Workmen Who Do Not Flee in Time (1869)

Louis Simonin. "Falls of Roof and Inundation." Underground Life, or Mines and Miners. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1869).


Thursday, September 26, 2013

Numerous & Dreadful Accidents Have Arisen (1869)

Louis Simonin. "Coal Mines on Fire." Underground Life, or Mines and Miners. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1869).

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

In the Burning Breaker (1888)

Kirk Munroe. Derek Stirling: A Story of the Mines. (New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1888).

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Women Bearing Coal in Scotland (1869)

Louis Simonin. "Women in Mines." Underground Life, or Mines and Miners. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1869).

Monday, September 23, 2013

Nothing in Front Save the Yawning Mouth of the Shaft (1888)

Kirk Munroe. Derek Stirling: A Story of the Mines. (New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1888).

Friday, September 20, 2013

Belgium Pitmen & Their Wives in Working Dress (1869)

Louis Simonin. "The Coal Miner's Daily Life." Underground Life, or Mines and Miners. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1869).

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Vigorous Qualities Which Characterize the British Race (1869)

Louis Simonin. "Wages of Coal Miners." Underground Life, or Mines and Miners. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1869).

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

After the Entombment, Survey the Uninjured Parts of the Workings (1902)

Andrew Roy. A History of the Coal Miners of the United States, from the Development of the Mines to the Close of the Anthracite Strike of 1902. (Columbus: J.L. Trauger, 1902).

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Women Screening Coals at the Pit's Mouth (1884)

Clara L. Matéaux. "Old King Coal at Home and Abroad." The Wonderland of Work. (New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1884)

Monday, September 16, 2013

A Living Chandelier (1869)

Louis Simonin. "The Perilous Passage." Underground Life, or Mines and Miners. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1869).

Friday, September 13, 2013

Thursday, September 12, 2013

The Mines Being Sunk Deep in Earth (1862)

M.J. The Children's Picture-Book of Useful Knowledge. (London: Bell and Daudy, 1862).

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Colliery Girls Smart in the Matter of Cheap Finery (1884)

Clara L. Matéaux. "Old King Coal at Home and Abroad." The Wonderland of Work. (New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1884)

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

After the Fire, Truth in the Torn Leaf (1888)

Homer Greene. Burnham Breaker. Illustrated by A.W. Cooper. (Frederick Warne and Company, 1888).

Monday, September 9, 2013

The Rest of the Way (1888)

Kirk Munroe. Derek Stirling: A Story of the Mines. (New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1888).

Friday, September 6, 2013

Ma Lampe Est Mon Soleil (1869)

Louis Simonin. "How the Coal is Worked." Underground Life, or Mines and Miners. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1869).


Thursday, September 5, 2013

Descent of a Horse at Creuzot (1869)

Louis Simonin. "Horses in Mines." Underground Life, or Mines and Miners. (London: Chapman and Hall, 1869).


Wednesday, September 4, 2013

The Hewer at Work (1884)

Clara L. Matéaux. "Old King Coal at Home and Abroad." The Wonderland of Work. (New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1884)

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

At the Mercy of the Winder (1842)

W.C. The Condition and Treatment of the Children Employed in the Mines and Collieries of the United Kingdom. (London: William Strange, 1842).

Monday, September 2, 2013

Woman Carrying Coal in the British Isles (1914)

S.A. Taylor. "The Advancement in Bituminous Coal Mining. Proceedings of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania  29. (January 1914).

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Starting to the Mine (1907)

Andrew Roy. A History of the Coal Miners of the United States From the Development of the Mines to the Close of the Anthracite Strike of 1902 Including a Brief Sketch of Early British Miners. (Columbus: Trauger Printing Company, 1907).