Introduction:
Coal Mining 150 Years Ago

A Day in the Life of a Miner

• Morning
• Arrival
• Descent
• Bottom

As Fireboss

Jobs

Underground Stables

Introduction:
Open-Pit Mining Today

Mining

• Drilling and Blasting
• Removing the Waste Rock
• Loading Coal
• Processing Coal
  • Breaker
  • Coal-fired Dryer

Transporting Coal to the Market

Equipment and technology from the early to mid 1900's

A day in the life of a miner

Courtesy of FDHS

Hey kids, my name is Mike. It's 1935 and I'm a Fireboss in an underground mine in Cumberland, that's on Vancouver Island. If you want to see what it’s like to work in an underground coal mine in the 1930's you'd better come with me. I will take you deep down below the ground and show you the different things that go on in the mine; jobs, equipment, technology and of course dangers.

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