Photos of the French and the Polish hard coal mining industry !

Mining photos from Poland and France - Page 2 !

This is the second part of the mining photos from France and Poland - in contrary to the previous page the Polish pictures come first on this site, the French ones are below them this time. The last photos on this page show you a French underground fire brigade during practice.

Please click on the photos' small versions in order to enlarge them and to get the corresponding background information. ATTENTION: The pictures' explanations can now be found UNDER the large versions.


A winding tower of a Polish colliery.	A blue winding tower.	A Polish winding tower in the evening sun.	A winding tower in Poland.


The Polish flag on top of a winding tower.	A small miner on top of the winding tower.	Once again the same tower.	An interesting winding tower from Poland.


The entire colliery in Poland.	...and this time from another point of view.	Winding ropes on the area of Vouters colliery.	At Vouters colliery.


Another entrance to the colliery called Vouters.	At Simon colliery in France.	After the shift at Simon colliery.	The winding machine of Simon colliery.


After the work is finished at Simon colliery.	At the pit bank.	A miner with an impressioning beard.	Leaving the pit cage at Simon colliery.


Here the miner's lamps are checked.	In the lamps' room of Simon colliery.	The operator's place.	Once again miners are leaving the pit cage.


A miner is carrying strange things...	A close-up photo of two miners.	The waggons are filled up with the coal here.	A street at Simon colliery.


Simon colliery's machines' house in France.	Another operator's place at Simon colliery.	In the lamps' room.	Two miners are waiting for their shift to start.


Stairs down to the colliery.	A winding tower and some houses of the colliery.	A winding tower of Simon colliery.	An overview of the area of Simon colliery.


The two winding towers of Simon colliery.	The flag of the underground fire brigade.	The processing of Vernejoul colliery.	At Vuillemin colliery in France.


An impression of Vuillemin colliery.	A flat winding rope at Vuillemin colliery.	This is the entire winding machine.	Some bells for signals at the pit bank.


View up to the winding tower of Vuillemin colliery.	The pit cage can still be found at the pit bank.	The colliery's former pit bank.	The fixings for one of the pit cages.


A shaft of Simon colliery in France.	A beautiful photo of a tunnel.	Underground at Simon colliery.	An iron gate in a tunnel underground.


A pit cage that is no longer needed.	Signals for using a pit cage.	Strange pipes...	The members of the underground fire brigade.


A breathing apparatus.	Some members of the underground fire brigade.	The practice of the brigade in France.	During a practice.


On a ladder during the practice of the brigade.	Corresponding to the practice some fog was produced.	Everything must be in order...