A new "time tunnel" exhibition which tells the history of British coal mining has opened in West Yorkshire. The feature, ...

Modern industry started in the 18th century, and its growth accelerated throughout the 19th as production switched from metal to coal mining. By the early 20th century, about one in four Welsh ...

Modern industry started in the 18th century, and its growth accelerated throughout the 19th as production switched from metal to coal mining. By the early 20th century, about one in four Welsh workers ...

In the 19th century mining was a very dangerous business: miners had only basic tools and worked by open candle flame. Down the coal mines there were places where there was a high concentration of ...

the mining industry has taken thousands of lives over the years. When the Industrial Revolution took hold during the 19th century, the need for fossil fuels like coal grew exponentially ...

In fact, the first coal beads appeared in Upper Silesia in the 19th century, and were made by miners for their beloved wives and girlfriends. As Katarzyna Depa says, such beads were the ...