IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This oil-wick mining lamp was made by ...

Kev Pattison says many miners' lamps were thrown into landfill when the coal mines closed [Supplied] The family of a former pit worker has been reunited with his retirement lamp, thanks to a ...

The first factory for the Guy’s Dropper, one of the most popular miners’ lamps ever made, was a back porch on Douglas Avenue. The Guy’s Dropper was a carbide lamp, which uses a mix of water and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This lamp's manufacturer is unknown, ...

An Australian mining company has rolled out an underground digital network incorporating radio frequency identification to improve safety by tracking its staff and equipment. Anglo Coal has just ...

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Kev Pattison, 73, bought the brass lamp dedicated to the late miner Les Bausor, who once worked Bolsover Colliery in Derbyshire, earlier this year on eBay. After cleaning it up, the grandad - who ...

Residents of Ferryhill are invited to a ceremony at Surtees Corner to celebrate the unveiling of a new Miner’s Lamp Sculpture honouring the town’s mining heritage.

The family of a former pit worker has been reunited with his retirement lamp, thanks to a passionate restorer who chose sentiment over profit. Kev Pattison bought the lamp dedicated to Les Bausor, who ...