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Wooden props instead of steel props are still used     
in the Henies-Pommeroeul mine in the Borinage          
mining district,Belgium.
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Wooden props instead of steel props are still used in the Henies-Pommeroeul...

These steel arches have been fitted only two months    
ago;rock moves quickly at the Henies-Pommeroeul mine   
in the Borinage mining district,Belgium, where         
constant repair of damaged roadways is necessary.
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These steel arches have been fitted only two months ago;rock moves quickly a...

Miners' housing in Grand Hernu,Belgium.Outdoor toilets 
and messy shacks for animals.
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Miners' housing in Grand Hernu,Belgium.Outdoor toilets and messy shacks for ani...

Dreary miners' housing near Frameries in the Borinage, 
Belgium.Slag heap in background.
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Dreary miners' housing near Frameries in the Borinage, Belgium.Slag heap in bac...

Dreary miners' housing near Frameries in the Borinage, 
Belgium.
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Dreary miners' housing near Frameries in the Borinage, Belgium.

Change of shift in the Campine-mine in Limbourg-Meuse, 
Belgium.
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Change of shift in the Campine-mine in Limbourg-Meuse, Belgium.

The clothes-room at the Charbonnages d'Hennies-        
Pommeroeul in Borinage,Belgium.Clothes are raised      
to the roof by a chain-system.
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The clothes-room at the Charbonnages d'Hennies- Pommeroeul in Borinage,B...

An old roadway at the Henies-Pomeroeul mine,with       
full coal carts waiting for the cage lift. The mine    
is situated in the Borinage region of Belgium.
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An old roadway at the Henies-Pomeroeul mine,with full coal carts waiting...

"Captage de grisoux" - gas is pumped out of the mine-  
seems and transported to various industrial uses by a  
system of pipes.
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"Captage de grisoux" - gas is pumped out of the mine- seems and transported to...

Charbonnages d'Henies Pommeroeul,Belgium:Steel arches  
fitted two months ago have already given way to        
pressure from the rock above;coal carts can no longer  
pass.Before putting in new arches,one meter of solid   
rock has to be drilled and picked away.
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Charbonnages d'Henies Pommeroeul,Belgium:Steel arches fitted two months ago ha...

Coal streaming from the chute into a tender.           
Charbonnage du Hainaut,Siege du Tertre,Borinage,       
Belgium.
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Coal streaming from the chute into a tender. Charbonnage du Hainaut,S...

After a long walk through narrow roadways - there is   
no train transport in Belgian mines - miners wait for  
the cage lift.
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After a long walk through narrow roadways - there is no train transport in Be...