Mining Items

Miners Timberman’s Hatchet Heads. Made from iron and wood. Sizes – Small head 12″ x 5″ inches. Large head 13″ x 5″ inches. The smaller one is made by “Whitehouse” Y Ty-Gwyn Bwyall. and the larger one has no makers name, though it may be of an inferior quality as the back of the head shows mushrooming and you don’t …

A Miners Hand Chain Saw. Made from iron and brass. Size 45″ x 1″ inches. This saw was used to cut the timbers in awkward inaccessible places that could not be cut with the conventional saws.

A Hand Saw. Made from steel, brass and wood. Size 30″ x 7″ inches. Used in the colliery and levels. The attached image shows miners in a level at Nantyglo, South Wales using one.  

A Two Man Pull Saw. Made from steel and wood. Size 55″ inches long. This medium sized pull saw has two removable wooden handles, (both handles have been renewed) I have black waxed the blade to keep it from rusting. This saw is from the Tirpentwys and Blaensychan Colliery, South Wales. It has these both pit names stamped into the …

A Two Man Pull Saw. Made from steel and wood. Size 55″ inches long. This medium sized pull saw has two bolt-through and bracket handles (both original handles). I have black waxed the blade to keep it from rusting.   

A Two Man Pull Saw. Made from steel and wood. Size 78″ inches – Six-foot six inches long. This big pull saw has two removable wooden handles, (both original handles). I have black waxed the blade to keep it from rusting.  

Colliery Rope Splicers Tools. Made from iron and wood. Sizes various. This set of splicers tools consists of the following – 1: A rope cutting chisel wooden handle – Size 16″ x 7″ inches. 2: A rope cutting chisel wire handle – Size 17″ x 5″ inches. 3: Two splicers needles – Size 13″ x 1 1/2″ inches. 4: A …

Rope Cutting Chisels. Two rope cutting chisels. 1: A wooden handle cutting chisel – Size 16″ x 7″ inches. 2: A wire handle cutting chisel – Size 17″ x 5″ inches. These cutting chisels came from (wooden handled) Cwmtillery Colliery and (wire handled) Rose Heyworth Colliery, Abertillery.

A Splicers Marlin Spike. Made from iron. Size 12″ x 1″ inches.        

Iron Splicers Needles. Made from iron. Size 13″ x 1 1/2″ inches. These splicers needles came from Cwmtillery Colliery, Abertillery.