Showing posts with label mining. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mining. Show all posts

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).