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Group of miners, before leaving for South Africa. 1890A group of 13 miners, including Captain Alexander Pope, before leaving for South Africa. The photograph shows a group of well dressed men displaying the male fashion of the 1890s
Two young miners at croust time at an unidentified mine in Cornwall. Late 1800sThis photograph shows two young miners having a break ( croust is a traditional Cornish word for a break for food). One man has a sledge hammer the other a mining type pick
Surface buildings, possibly one of the Basset Mines, Illogan, Cornwall. Around 1906Reginald Colwell James (1890-1974) of St Columb Major, with mine buildings in the background (thought to perhaps be one of the Basset Mines)
Unknown mine, Cornwall. Around 1900Miners posed underground at working face, standing on timber scaffolding with hammers. Photographer: John Charles Burrow