THE SOUTH WALES COALFIELD & TYPES OF MINES . Presented by South Wales Miners Museum

[@straighttothepointuncut9995]

Love to see history preserved , well done all great film

[@andrewoglesby1979]

Brilliant video 👏👍

[@importedmusic]

Dont forget opencast coal mining!

[@bryanbufton]

Still loads stored underground, so my cousin says

[@fostexfan160]

Indeed.....in a hundred and fifty years they mined and brought up the postage stamp.......but the envelope is still underground.

[@althomas3168]

The not so good coal was the best steam coal in the World.

[@jackthelad612]

True, I think he was a bit biased. West is best, and all that crap.

[@rosshoward6327]

''Not very good coal !' - What nonsense ! Welsh Steam Coal mined in the Rhondda and Eastern valleys was exported worldwide fom Barry, Cardiff and Newport docks. It was used extensively by the Great Western Railway and was sought after as the best coal suited for locomotives and ships boilers. It burned efficiently, forming a homogenous mass of heat output yet with very low ash. 'Tredegar Coal' as it was called was once in worlwide demand such that many foreign navies felt disadvantaged without it.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

It was too pollutive and difficult to extract by the 1970s.

[@jackthelad612]

I wonder where in the South Wales Coalfield the first man lived/worked? (sarcasm)

[@kellicordray1831]

ᎮᏒᎧᎷᎧᏕᎷ 😴

[@project182r3]

Pot Noodle miners

[@jackthelad612]

The Pot Noodle Mines are in the East of the Coalfield.