Mining Items

My Personal Training Certificates. My personal training certificates, one for the surface training in Britannia Colliery from August-September 1977, and the other for the underground training September-November 1977.

N.C.B. Newspaper – Job Advert. N.C.B. Newspaper job advert. Dated mid 1970s.

N.C.B. Newspaper – Job Advert. N.C.B. Newspaper job advert. Dated mid 1970s.

A Miners Methaneometer Gas Tester. An M.S.A miners methanometer made by General Purpose Mines Safety Appliances Co Ltd. Made from stainless steel. Size 9″ x 3″ x 2″ inches. Used with the rubber gas bulb. 

Metric Methane Calculator. National Coal Board N.C.B. metric methane calculator. Made from plastic and brass with a P.V.C wallet. Size 6″ inches diameter. It has four revolving calculating discs on the front and one on the back.

A Mines Rescue Canary Cage. An old Mines Rescue canary container and cage. Made from tin, wood, aluminium and glass. Size 9″ x 7″ x 7″ inches. This old reinforced container is made of tin, wood and aluminium. The inside of the box has 2 spring clips to hold the cage tight inside the outer box. It has four green …

A Miners Methaneometer Gas Testing Bulb. M.S.A General Purpose Mines Safety Appliances Co Ltd. Made from rubber and stainless steel. Size bulb is 4″ x 2″ inches. Used with the methaneometer gas tester.

A Garforth Rubber Gas Testing Bulb. A Garforth rubber gas testing bulb. Made from rubber and plastic. Size 7″ x 3″ inches. There were two different coloured versions of this bulb produced, the common orange coloured and the more rarer black coloured version.  This bulb has the deputy’s stick attachment and string line release lever. Used by deflating the bulb, …

An N.C.B. Accident Report Book. Part of an N.C.B. Accident Report Book.

An Anemometer. This anemometer was made by Messrs John Davis & Sons of Derby. Made from iron and brass. Size 4″ inches diameter. This was used in the mines to measure the efficiency of the ventilation. It was hung in the roadways for a few hours and readings were taken on the volume and air speed. This job was done …