Mining Items

A Miners Curling Box. Made from sheet metal. Size 20″ x 18″ x 8″ inches. This curling box was hand-made and formed from one piece of sheet metal held together with just one hand made rivet. All the sharp edges has been folded over and has a cut-out side handle hole formed each side. These boxes were used before mechanisation …

N.C.B. Round-Mouth Shovel. Made from sheet steel and wood. This is a No2 round mouth shovel, with a bent shaft. Size 38″ x 11″ inches. The blade of the shovel seems to have been made from one sheet of steel formed around the steam bent handle for strength (as seen left) it is a work of art! The N.C.B. logo …

A Welsh Miners Mandril Head. This long straight mandril pick head is a Welsh Top Coal pick head Made from iron. Size 18″ inches. The eye is 3″ x 1″. Weight 2lbs.

A Miners Box Head Pick. Made from iron. Size 16″ inches. This pick has a removable blade held in by a metal wedge. These picks were used for undercutting the coal. This pick was used in the coal levels around Argoed Farm, Brynithel. Used all throughout the early 20th century. Over a short period of time the pick blade would …

A Miners Box Head Pick. Made from iron. Size 16″ inches. This pick has a removable blade held in by a metal wedge. These picks were used for undercutting the coal. Size 16″. Used all throughout the early 20th century.

A Miners Pick Head. Made from iron. Size 12″ x 3″ inches. This pick head was for general purpose use and is later in date.

A Miners Pick. Made from iron and wood. Size 17″ x 10″ inches. This little short shafted pick was made by “Universal” and was used all throughout the early 20th century. This pick was found in a mine in Somerset.

Miners Deputy Axe Head. Made from iron. Size 9″ x 2 1/2″ inches. A small notched deputy’s axe head. This axe head is featured in the Hardy Tool Book, item No 2863, described as a “4lb Deputy Axe Head”. 

A Miners Wide Shafted Pick Mandrill. Made from iron and wood. Size 30″ x 16″ inches. This flat bodied pick mandrill is a bottom coal mandrill. The top coal mandrill has a slightly straighter head. Made by “Cornelius Whitehouse” Cannock, it has the Hedgehog Trademark stamped into the blade. Used all throughout the early 20th century.

A Miners Timberman’s Hatchet. Made from iron and wood. Size 22″ x 11″ inches. This hatchet was made by “The Whitehouse Bros Ltd”, Cannock, England.  Used all throughout the early 20th century. This hatchet was used in the coal levels around Argoed Farm, Brynithel.