Scene in a German metalliferous mine just the change of shift. The miners and the women pit-head workers listen while the mine engineer reads prayer. The foreman is descending the shaft, foreground, to supervise the change of shift, his oil lamp in his hand. From 'Underground Life; or, Mines and Miners' by Louis Simonin (London, 1869). Wood engraving.

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Scene in a German metalliferous mine just the change of shift. The miners and the women pit-head workers listen while the mine engineer reads prayer. The foreman is descending the shaft, foreground, to supervise the change of shift, his oil lamp in his hand. From 'Underground Life; or, Mines and Miners' by Louis Simonin (London, 1869). Wood engraving.

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