Links to our videos on YouTube
On the coalface at Ayle Colliery. The cutter.
Showing the AB 12 coal cutter in action. Our most popular video to date!
On the coalface at Ayle Colliery. Hand filling.
Shows the traditional way of winning the coal at Ayle Colliery. Familiar to anyone acquainted with the pits of Alston Moor.
The Hydrox Digger at Ayle Colliery
Showing the operation of a machine used in tunnelling adapted for use at Ayle Colliery.
Shifting stone at Ayle Colliery.
To advance the mine into the coalface a lot of stone has to be removed. This video shows how it is done.
Winter's day at Ayle Colliery.
As well as the underground operations a lot of work goes on at the surface. Here is a flavour of one aspect of this!
The Scraper Box at Ayle Colliery.
Documenting what was probably the last use of this technology in a UK coal mine.
Hewing coal at Ayle Colliery.
This video shows the process of winning the coal with windy pick and shovel.
Winter morning at Ayle Colliery.
It's cold on above ground and warm below! The start of a shift on a February day at the pit.
Sump and fire at Ayle Colliery.
Showing the processes used to advance a working into the coalface.
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