Mineral extraction
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gad
Wrought iron hand tool, known as a gad, which would be used used like a chisel to remove rock/ore (Museum ref: MATMM:A.13 )
explosives_box
Wooden box used to store explosives, from Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria (Museum ref: MATMM:A.78)
shot_exploder
Beethoven Mk 7 1-100 shot exploder, made by Arbra Instruments Limited, used in Long Gannet Colliery, Scotland (Museum ref: MATMM:A.1431)
sharpening_stone
Stone used to sharpen metal tools, from Silver Eye Mine, Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire (Museum ref: MATMM:A.441)
powder_horn
A cow’s horn which was used to carry gunpowder, found in Wall Shaft, Castleton (Museum ref: MATMM:A.346)
plug_and_feathers
A set of three metal tools known as ‘plug and feathers’, found in the 312 foot level in Magpie Mine, near Sheldon, Derbyshire. The two feathers would be placed into a crack in the rock, and the plug hammered between them to split the rock. (Museum ref: MATMM:A.125)
exploder
Beethoven dynamo condenser exploder, used to detonate explosives (Museum ref: MATMM:A.1375)
detonator_tin
Small tin, used to store detonators, found in Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria (Museum ref: MATMM:A.324)