This image taken underground with, unusually for me, my Canon set to Automatic. Is of an enactor at Beamish Museum in County Durham.
Simply adjusted for tone and shadows it was converted to black and white and then a 20% tint added.
The deputy could be compared to a supervisor, he was responsible for an area of the pit underground, known as a "District".
He would walk the roadways (tunnels) and crawl along the coal face where men were working. He would be supervising all aspects of health and safety and mostly stop and speak to the men on his District.
There would be a deputy on that distrct/area every shift and they would "hand over" to each other.
Although an official, he would mostly be part of the team and would most likely be part of the community above ground.
He would have a senior man higher than himself, that person being an Overman who would be responsible for a number of districts.
One below the Deputy would be the shotfirers, which as it's name suggests were responsible for exploding the powder to break the coal or rock into smaller pieces.
Seen here in Beamish Museum's, Drift Mine (a mine that can be walked into, rather than a Deep Pit that required shafts and lifing gear).
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