As with the first series, the men and boys over 14 had to face the harsh reality of walks over the mountains in all weather to work a long day as coal miners at Blaentillery No.2 Mine - the last ...

Employers controlled almost every aspect of a Canadian coal miner's life in the early 1900s. The company owned the stores and houses in the mining town and determined the wages and working conditions.

but the miners' filthy clothes had to be washed as well - a continuous back breaking chore for the women of the house. Walking through the pithead baths today, it is difficult to imagine the huge ...

but the miners' filthy clothes had to be washed as well - a continuous back breaking chore for the women of the house. Walking through the pithead baths today, it is difficult to imagine the huge ...