NRS-10036 | Photographs of coal mines

The photographic album contains 57 13 x 21 cm  black and white images. The images are of pit-tops and loading and transport facilities of northern New South Wales coal mines. These mines are predominately around Newcastle.Most of the images are dated and cover the period 1885-95. Some of these also contain the initials RS. The initials are those of Ralph Snowball a commercial photographer. These photographs were either bought or commissioned by the Department of Mines or the Department of Mines and Agriculture.The images include the following collieries: Australian Agricultural Company's pits at Glebe and the Sea-pit, Burwood No.1 and 3 and Burwood Extended, Cardiff, Co-operative, Duckenfield, Dudley, Durham, East Greta, Ferndale, Gartlee, Hetton, Lambton, Minmi, New Lambton, Pacific Teralba, Seaham, Skillingworth, South Waratah, Stockton, Wallarah, Wallsend, West Wallsend and Young Wallsend.The photographs are pasted to card.