Cylindrical Gallery

The Simmer and Jack Proprietary Gold Mines - South Africa

The Simmer and Jack Proprietary Gold Mines - east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The company which was founded in 1887 by the German August Simmer and Scotsman John Jack. The gold deposits were very large indeed, but could only be extracted from the pyrite with great difficulty and expense using contemporary technology (cyanide process). In the foreground can be seen a row of cylindrical froth flotation cells - part of this dangerous process. The original mine was closed down in 1969. Date: circa 1908

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Vases, bowl and jug. Tomb 55. Meidum, Egypt. 2613-2589 BC

Vases and bowl of alabaster and jug imported from the Levant. Tomb 55 of Meidum, Egypt. Reign of Snofru. Old Kingdom. 4th Dynasty. 2613-2589 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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Torija. Castle. Spain

TORIJA. Partial view of the castle, destroyed in the nineteenth century by The Empecinado during the Spanish Independence War and rebuilt according to the trace of the fifteenth century. Guadalajara province. Castile-La Mancha. Spain

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