Mining Items

A Set of Brothers Lifting Chains. This is a set of two pairs of lifting chains known as “brothers”, two lifting chains with hooks attached to one large centre link. These chains came from Kellingley Colliery, North Yorkshire, England. Made from iron. Size 4′ foot in length.

A Set of Block and Tackles. This set of lifting blocks is from Kellingley Colliery, North Yorkshire, England.  Made from iron and metal. Size of the pulley body is 12″ x 7″ x 6″ inches. The lifting chain is 9′ foot 6″ inches long. The pulley chain is 14′ foot long in a 7′ foot loop.  

A Section of the Cwmtillery Colliery Flight Rope. This section of flight, aerial ropeway steel rope was found on-site at Cwmtillery Colliery. It is a half-lock coil, burden rope, this was the rope the flight buckets would travel upon while being pulled by the haulage rope.  The section of rope is 20″ inches in length by  1 and a 1/4″ …

Carbide Lamp. This Carbide lamp was made by the Maine Lighting Co Ltd, Blackpool.  Made from galvanised metal, iron and brass with a steel and ceramic burner nozzle. Size 8″ x 4″ inches. With handle the height is 12″ inches. (More information on the company to come).    

A Knocky-Up Board. This iron framed slate board is from the North Eastern coalfields and widely used down as far as the Midlands. These wrought-iron and slate boards were screwed onto the front of the miners houses upon which the occupants would chalk the time they wanted to get up in the morning, a “knocker-upper” employed by the company would …

A Belt Man’s Knife. This type of knife was used by the conveyor belt fitters, to cut the conveyor belt when lengthening the belts or repairing joints etc.  Made from Sheffield Steel. Size – Folded 5″ inches. Unfolded 8 1/2″ inches. 

A Miners Track Laying Sledge Hammer Head. Made from iron. Size 9″ x 2 ” inches. Date unknown. This hammer head has a long point back-end.  

A Miners Track Laying Sledge Hammer Head. Made from iron. Size 7″ x 2 1/2″ inches. Dated 1941. This hammer head has a wedged back-end.

A Colliery Pithead Baths Locker Door. As the collieries various pithead baths were constructed, between the early 1930’s and early 1950’s lockers were incorporated for miners to keep their clothes safe. There were on average 1,000 lockers or more depending on the size of the workforce – 500 clean and 500 dirty lockers, each miner would have one of each …

The Comet Belt Lacer. A Comet conveyor belt lacing machine. Made by Mastabar Mining Equipment Company Ltd, Accrington, Lancashire. Made from iron and brass. Size 12″ x 15″ x 4″ inches. Weight 20kg. This machine was used to crimp the metal clips into the ends of the conveyor belting. As the roadways extended in lengths the conveyor belts had to …