tarboat's photos with the keyword: drift

Lots to see in this view over the head of a small drift mine at Hegang. On this cold morning a mist arises from the drift whilst a tub stands on the spur onto the spoil tipping trestle. The blue-green vehicle in the centre on the coal tipping trestle is the manrider. All the working small mines that I saw in China were flying red flags on the pithead.

Entrance to an extensive colliery working that was developed along this particular drift in the early 1940s. More ochrey fun for the adventurous.

Drift entrance and view up incline to coal processing area at Tows Bank Colliery, Northumberland, 1996.

Drift entrance and incline to coal processing area at Tows Bank Colliery, Northumberland, 1996.