The depth, the dark, and the dangers inherent in mining created a uniquely dangerous working environment for the miner. Miners faced death from collapsing mines, oxygen deprivation, and haulage ...

SPREADING LIGHT The success of Extreme Lights’ two current offerings has lead to the development of further underground mining lighting solutions GOING CORDLESS The EMS2.1 cordless LED mining ...

In the 19th century mining was a very dangerous business ... It was no longer hot enough to ignite the gas. His prototype lamp is shown above. The new safety lamp was immediately put into ...

He said the roof was about 48 inches high at that point and that the miners would be sitting in the dark as their cap lamps would have given out. "It's just about like being buried alive.

Prior to the 1920s, miners wore a soft cap made of cloth or canvas with a leather brim and lamp bracket to hold their light. But in 1919, Edward D. Bullard of San Francisco, California developed the ...