Mining Items

Endless Haulage Rope Clip. Made from iron. Size of the clamp box is 8″ x 6″ x 4″ inches, overall length including the hook and handle is 32″ inches long. These clips were used to connect the drams to the haulage ropes (back and front) for transport below ground. I actually used clips like these on fifteen-dram journey’s in the …

A Journeyman’s Sprag. Made from iron. Size 17″ inches long.  This device was used to poke through the wheels of a dram to stop it from rolling away (it would act like a brake) On the journey’s we would also use it to lock a wheel in place if it was loose, there was too much play in it. The …

Dog Nails. Made from iron. Size 3″ inches long.  These iron dog nails were used to secure the rails to wooden sleepers underground. You would hammer them into the wooden sleepers one each side of the rail. They became obsolete when the iron sleepers with bolted rail tabs were introduced into the industry.

Track Layers Rail Plates. Made from iron. Size 14″ x 2″ inches.  These iron plates were called “fish plates” they were used to connect dram rails together underground. They were connected with short square shafted dome-head bolts.

Ring Bolts. A pile of ring bolts. Made from iron. Size 5″ x 1 1/4″ inches. These bolts were used to connect ring plates to the ring (roof arches) below ground.

Ring Plates, Bolts and Ring Spanner. Ring plates, bolts and a ring spanner. Made from iron. Sizes are as follows – 1: Plates 19″ x 2 1/2″ inches. 2: Bolts 5″ x 1 1/4″ inches. 3: Spanner 15″ inches long.  These slightly curved plates were used to connect the rings iron H section girder roof supports together underground. The spanner …

Ring Plates, Bolts and Ring Spanner. Ring plates, bolts and ring spanner. Made from iron. Sizes are as follows – 1: Plates 18″ x 3″ inches. 2: Bolts 5″ x 1 1/4″ inches. 3: Spanner 15″ inches.  These straight plates were used to connect extension pieces to the rings iron H section girder roof supports together underground. The spanner has …

Colliery Tannoy. An armoured colliery tannoy. D.A.C. Mini-Amp type B.M.A. Derby Automation Consultants Ltd, Burton-On-Trent, Staffs. Made from iron, rubber and brass. Size 11″ x 7″ x 6″ inches. Date 1970’s-1980’s. These tannoys were known as dacs and were placed at all major transfer points, headings and coal faces etc and used for communication between such places and the surface …

Colliery Tannoy. An armoured colliery tannoy. D.A.C. Mini-Amp type MA/MI. Derby Automation Consultants Ltd, Burton-On-Trent, Staffs. Made from iron, rubber and brass. Size 9 1/2″ x 4″ x 6″ inches. Date 1980’s-1990’s. These tannoys were known as dacs and were placed at all major transfer points, headings and coal faces etc and used for communication between such places and the …

A Vintage Miners Water Bottle. Made from tin, with a cork stopper. Size 10″ x 5″ x 4″ inches oval shaped body. Used throughout the 19th and early 20th century. These water bottles came in various sizes.