American Toby Jug Museum 

Miner 3/4 body toby jug produced by Saxony in Germany circa 1975. A miner is a person who works in a mine. Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials from the Earth and other astronomical objects. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. Traditional English mines include coal and tin mines. A pick forms the handle of the jug.