Cable being being laid in suburb, Hastings.

"Miner with pit pony, South Wales, 1931."

Testing the roof in a mine shaft, Ramrod Hall Pit, Staffordshire, c 1890s.

Mealtime in a mine shaft, Ramrod Hall Pit, Staffordshire, c 1890s.

Hand-drilling in a mine shaft, Lye Cros Pit, Staffordshire, c 1890s.

Testing for gas in a mine shaft, Ramrod Hall Pit, Staffordshire, c 1890s.

A wooden gravel pit and two sets of wheels on axles,A1969.70/Box 5/Neg 1243/27

Working a mine using stopes, 1819.

'Descent of a Horse down a Mine-shaft at Creuzot', 1869.

Navvies at Pit Bank Shaft No 4, Belsize Tunnel, London, c 1865.

Workers in a cable factory, 1933.

Mine students at Gresford Colliery, Wrexham, Wales, 14 April 1947.