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 ...

There was a time—not long ago—when a coal miner could walk into a diner in Logan, West Virginia, hang up his helmet, and know ...

Athey, a 34 year-old father of four who has only donned a miner's helmet for two years, says he plans to return to work in a mine as soon as possible. "It's the only thing I know how to do," he said.

with a line of 29 black-draped tables each bearing a fallen miner's helmet, lamp and name serving as the centerpiece. Pike River mine was rocked by an explosion Nov. 19, trapping the 29 miners.

Recently, the creative and social media team at WVU took the new Coal Rush jersey and helmet to a local mine to show off the new look to a few miners and they were honored by the tribute.

All three color schemes have "Miners" on the front, though their orange helmets now have a UTEP logo after the 2022 season with the 915 helmet. These are the first UTEP football uniforms under ...

Just like the soft mining caps that were used to hold oil-wick or carbide mining lamps, mining helmets were used to hold the new electric cap lamp. The lamp sat in a bracket at the front of the helmet ...