On their way up and down the shaft, the cages are sometimes ... Winding gear can be seen at the Big Pit in Wales, and at the National Coal Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery, West Yorkshire.

THE Big Pit mining museum has been told it can keep a Portakabin wrapped in vinyl to resemble red brickwork on site for an additional three months. The unit, used as a staff room for pit-guides ...