Miner shoveling coal into tram underground at Blaencuffin coal mine on the mountainside above Pontypool Torfaen South Wales UK

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22nd April 1985 Miner shoveling coal into tram underground at Blaencuffin coal mine a privately owned drift mine on the mountainside above Pontypool Torfaen South Wales UK the mine closed in 2001

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Size: 5400px × 3599px
Location: Blaencuffin Drift Mine, Pontypool, Torfaen, South Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Jeff Morgan 07 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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