History of mining, Child labour, Slate pickers in a coal breaker, Breaker boys, Pennsylvania, USA , Victorian, 1890s, Vintage photograph 19th Century - Stockillustratie

History of mining, Slate pickers in a coal breaker, Breaker boys, Pennsylvania, USA , Victorian, 1890s, Vintage photograph 19th Century. A breaker boy was a coal-mining worker in the United States and United Kingdom whose job was to separate impurities from coal by hand in a coal breaker.