Metals Collection (page 3)

Scenes from the Australian gold rush

Gold Escort leaving for Melbourne, Australia
The Gold Escort leaving Castlemaine Camp in Victoria, Australia, for Melbourne

Gold washing at Tucapel, Bio Bio, Chile, South America
Gold washing or sluicing at Tucapel, Bio Bio region, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1900

Double-bottomed cups with geometric incision. 700-301 BC
Age of metals. Iron Age. Talayotic culture. Double-bottomed cups with geometric incision. 700-301 BC. From the Cerro de Biniet, Mahon (Minorca, Balearic Islands). National Archaeological Museum

Village Main Reef Gold Mine, South Africa - Engine Chamber (9th level) - depth 1275 feet. Date: circa 1911

Interior of the forge. Engraving. 19th century

Spain. Early Iron Age (500-38 BC). Grey Ceramic jar. Cervera
Spain. Age of Metals. Early Iron Age (500-38 BC). Grey Ceramic jar with a layer of black color. From the excavations near the Romanesque church of Saint Pere Gros (Catalonia). Regional Museum. Cervera

Ripolls weapons deposit, Late Bronze Age. Spain
Prehistory. Late Bronze Age. Ripolls weapons deposit, Catalonia. Detail. Girona Archaeological Museum. Spain

God Neptune depict in a ring. 1-100
God Neptune depict in a gold ring. 1-100. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Gold bracelets. Early Bronze Age. 1700-1100 BC
Smooth and spiral bracelets in gold. Early Bronze Age, 1700-1100 BC. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

RETINNING POTS & PANS
These two young men, wearing protective gloves, are retinning old pots and pans, putting them through a chemical process to remove verdigris (fats and grease) &c Date: 1930s

An Iron Foundry
The interior of one of the principal iron foundries in Colebrookdale, Shropshire Date: 1827

Rolling Armour Plate
GERMANY Rolling out armour plate at Krupp, Essen Date: 1911

Rolling Metal for Ships
GERMANY Rolling out metal for battleships at Friedrich Krupp, Essen Date: 1900

Iron Processing / 1556
A depiction of the various stages of metal processing in Medieval Germany Date: 1556

Tin Plate Worker 1827
A tin-plate worker making a variety of cullinary and other domestic utensils. Date: 1827

Pewterer 1827
A pewterer hammering mugs, jugs, plates etc in his studio. Date: 1827

Electrical gold finder
Experiments with an electrical device to find gold underground. Date: 1892

Dutch Coppersmith C17
A Dutch coppersmith at work, while outdoors his colleagues are working on a huge copper object Date: 17th century

Letchworth Foundry
A steel foundry at Letchworth is visited by members of the British Association Date: 1920s

Prospectors in Australia rejoice at finding gold at last. Date: 1850s

Gold mines at Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia. Date: 1882

Bessemer converter in a steelworks
A Bessemer converter in a steelworks -- a process designed for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron, removing impurities by oxidation by blowing air through the molten iron

Gold mining camp in America
A mining camp on a North-west American river Date: circa 1860s

Metal / Lead Mine / 1840, Uk
LEAD - entrance to the Mine of Odin - an ancient lead mine in Derbyshire (near Mam Tor) Date: circa 1840

Gold prospectors on the way to Coolgardie, Australia
Gold prospectors on the hundred-mile journey to Coolgardie in Western Australia, some with carts, others pushing wheelbarrows. Date: 1850s

British Spring fashions from Isobel and Dora Ainsworth, 1927
The synchronisation of sumptuosity and simplicity - precious metals and exquisite fabrics form the loveliness for this seasons models - British fashions Date: 1927

Gold bricks on display, Lead, South Dakota, USA
Gold bricks on display at Lead, South Dakota, USA. The large Homestake Gold Mine was discovered in 1876. The gold bricks seen here were worth $125, 000 at the time

Metals including bismuth, uraninite and titanite crystals.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Metals including galena, cerussite and zinc.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Metals including stalactitic lepidocrocite, hematite, limonites, etc.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber

Metals including magnetic iron ore, pyrite, bloodstone, etc.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

NORWAY. Begby. Zoomorphic figures (1000 BC). Bronze Age. Cave

Full armour. Made in Milan between 1570-1580. Metals

GARIBALDI, Giuseppe (1807-1882). Italian military man and republican and nationalist politician. Medallion from 1882. Metals

Tool to weigh gold dust. Art from Baule (Baoul驅
Tool to weigh gold dust. Art from Baule (Baoul驠 ethnic group in Ivory Coast. African art. Metals. Private Collection. Proc: CԔ E-D IVOIRE

Head. Iron Age
Head from Khirbet el Hajjar (10th c. BC). Iron Age. Sculpture on rock. JORDAN. Amman. Archaeological Museum

Head of man. Iron Age
Head of man. 9th-5th c. BC. Sculpture with Egyptian influence. Iron Age. Sculpture on rock. JORDAN. Amman. Archaeological Museum

Deads mother. Nuraghic Culture
Mother of the dead child. 1500-800 BC. Bronze Age. Nuraghic Culture. Sculpture on bronze. ITALY. SARDINIA. Cagliari. National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari. Proc: ITALY. SARDINIA

Henry Wiggin
Sir Henry Samuel Wiggin, 1st Baronet (1824 1905), metals manufacturer and Liberal (and later Liberal Unionist Party) politician. Date: 1892

French Iron Worker 19C
A French iron worker. Date: 1851

Steel Rolling Mill 1901
A steel rolling mill in Germany. Date: 1901

Washing Gold in a Stream
Men washing gold in a stream in New Zealand. Date: early 1930s

Gold Washing Plant
A New Zealand gold washing plant. Date: early 1930s

Panning for Gold
An old miner (probably in New Zealand), washing the gold he has panned. Date: 1930s

Hammering Gold
Extracting gold in a factory in London, England. Date: early 1930s

Gold Washing Machine
Baskets containing freshly mined gold, being washed on a water wheel at a New Zealand gold mine. Date: early 1930s

South Africa - Transvaal - A Gold Mine, Johannesburg Date: circa 1906

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