Underground scene in a coal mine, 1860. Artist: Unknown

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Underground scene in a coal mine, 1860. Full baskets (corves) of coal being loaded on a tram wagon using a crane. Pit ponies were used to haul coal underground. From A History of Coal, Coke, Coal by W Fordyce. (London, 1860).

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