Artefacts

Theolodite used in Lickfinn Mine

Tallys and punches. Each miner punched his number on small metal discs calle 'Tallys' used to mark a miners produce.

Shot Blaster used by the 'Firemen' -the men who set the explosives to blast out the roads and coal underground

Pay Packet from Ballingarry Collieries Ltd 1966

Mining artifacts at The Old School Mining Museum 2015

Jigger-Pnumatic tool used underground to break up the coalface

Carbide Lamp lit and working showing flame

Anthracite from the Slieveardagh Coalfield

Anemometer and case used underground to analyse airflow and determine windspeedso ventilation could be provided through the addition of shafts and fans.