Coal (or a colliery) is said to be won when it is made accessible for exploitation; winning comprehends boring for coal, sinking the shafts, excavations, and the actual procuring of coal under circumstances favourable for its being worked.

This model colliery cage is carrying a coal wagon or ‘hutch’. In the early days of mining workers descended into the pit by means of ladders. During the 19th century steam winding engines were introduced which hoisted men and materials up mine shafts in cages.

A video history of the colliery headstock or winding gear. Featuring former Senior Mining Surveyor Robert Bradley.

May 2, 2009 · There many hundreds of impressive winding engines like these in the UK, but most have been scrapped, as were most of the many hundreds of magnificant textile mill engines of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Hats off to the various local bodies and volunteers who saved this one.

Nov 2, 2024 · Markham Colliery It was thirty years since its closure, being the last large deep colliery in the North Derbyshire Coalfield, and fifty years since the tragic cage mining disaster on 30th July 1973 which resulted in the death of eighteen miners.

With the increased power available from the new winding engine installed in 1905 it was decided to install a four deck cage. This was used until the 1950s modernisation, when a two-deck cage was re-installed.

Mar 10, 2023 · You can view a cage that was installed at Silverwood Colliery near Rotherham in a period of NCB modernisation between 1953 and 1963 onsite at the museum, it carried 20 miners on each deck.

In 1843 he decided to use small tubs, taking these to the surface two at a time in a two-decked iron cage or chair, the cage being guided and oscillation prevented by the timber lining of the shaft.

This model colliery cage is carrying a coal wagon or ‘hutch’. In the early days of mining workers de

The colliery pit head cage marked an improvement in safety and productivity in coalmining. In addition to the safer carriage of men the cage was also able to raise fully laden coal tubs.