Mining Items

A Coal Gas Indicator An old Short’s coal gas indicator & leather case. Made from brass and leather. Size 5″ x 3″ inches. Dated to the 1900’s but I am unsure of the exact date. This instrument was made by Short’s, I have also seen indicators like this made by Short & Mason. I don’t know which makers predates each …

An M.S.A. Automatic Firedamp Detector. Type AFD-1. It has a steel hanging hook and a mesh detecting sensor at the top with a red warning light at the bottom. Made from plastic and steel. Size 11″ x 4″ x 3″ inches. Firedamp is a flammable gas including methane that is found in all coalmines, the word damp is a collective …

Miners Workwear – Cotton Jacket N.C.B. Issue. Made from heavy duty cotton material with metal popper fasteners. In 1981 the National Coal Board established the laundry scheme and issued all the workmen with a couple of sets of orange coloured cotton material work-wear. This work-wear consisted of an optional jacket, short sleeved shirt and trousers and a grey vest, or …

Miners High Visibility Shorts. A modern set of miners high visibility shorts. Made from heavyweight cotton material. Used in the Yorkshire Collieries 2012-2013.

Miners High Visibility Shirt, Shorts and Trousers. A modern set of miners high visibility shirt and shorts and trousers. Made from lightweight cotton material. Used in the Yorkshire Collieries 2012-2013.

Miners High Visibility Vest and Shorts. A modern set of miners high visibility vest and shorts. Made from lightweight cotton material. Used in the Yorkshire Collieries 2012-2013.

An M.S.A. Remote Sampling Kit & Methanometer. An M.S.A. remote sampling kit, to be used with the methanometer type D6 with an extension rod, adaptor and rubber bulb. Size of rod is 29″ inches closed and 56″ inches fully extended. To be used underground in areas where there are pockets of gas presumed present in places where access is limited.  

An M.S.A. Mining Methanometer. An M.S.A. mining methanometer type D6. Made from plastic. Size 6″ x 2 1/2″ x 2″. Used for checking for methane gas below ground. Used with an extension a telescopic extension probe and rubber bulb, the probe would screw into the top of the detector which is situated under the yellow cap.

An M.S.A. Mining Methanometer. M.S.A. Mining Methanometer type D6D.  Made from Plastic. Size 6″ x 2 1/2″ x 2″ inches. Used for checking for Methane Gas below ground. Used with an extension a telescopic extension probe and rubber bulb, the probe would screw into the top of the detector which is situated under the Yellow cap.

N.C.B. Colliery Canteen China Cereal Bowl. Made by Dunn Bennett & Co Ltd, Burslem England. Made from china. Size 9″ x 1 1/2″ inches. These were used in the canteens at the collieries from the late 1940’s. This one is from Wales, it has the N.C.B. logo along with S.W.D. (South Western Division).