Metals Collection (page 5)

Gold Beater C1760
A gold-beating factory in France in the 18th century. Workers are melting and beating gold to make ingots. Date: circa 1760

Gold in Transvaal
Gold miners in the Transvaal Date: 1875

Gold mining, Australia
Ivanhoe gold mine, Australia

Gold in New Zealand 1853
The New Zealand gold field: discovery of gold near the source of the Kapanga Stream, about 40 miles from Auckland; miners camped close to the river pan for gold

German Dowser
Ein Ruthen Ganger - a German dowser prospecting for metals

Pennydarran Ironworks
Pennydarran Iron Works. (Wales)

Llangruny Ironworks
Llangruny Iron Works, Wales

Llanelly Ironworks
Llanelly Iron Works, Wales

Iron Forge at Tintern
Iron forge at Tintern, Monmouthshire

Melincourt Ironworks
Melincourt Iron Works, Wales

Copper Works, Wales
Copper works near Holywell, belonging to the Mona Company, Flintshire, Wales

Brassworks, Wales
Brass Mills near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales

Cyfarthfa Ironworks
Cyfarthfa Iron Works, Wales

Gold at Monte Rosa 5
Extraction of gold from the ore at Monte Rosa, northern Italy

Gold at Monte Rosa 1
The gold mines of the valleys of Monte Rosa, northern Italy - miners and the processing plant

Gold at Monte Rosa 4
Miners bring the excavated ore to the refinery for crushing and extraction

Gold at Monte Rosa 2
Surveying the valleys

Gold at Monte Rosa 3
A geologist and miners at the rock face in the gold mines of Monte Rosa, northern Italy

Gold at Monte Rosa 6
The miners of Monte Rosa, Italy, process to their church on the festival of their patron, saint Barbaras Day, 14 December

Iron Mining Urals
Mining for magnetic iron at Visocaya Gora, in the Ural mountains of Russia

Cornish Tin Miners
Cornish tin miners below ground

Welder at Work
Welding metalwork with an industrial blow torch

Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine
Sketch of the Danish inventor Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine. The motor was a significant development from earlier electro-magnetic engines

Coalbrookdale Forge
Forge at Colebrookdale, Shropshire (now spelt Coalbrookdale)

Roasting Ironstone 2
Roasting the ironstone in heaps

Roasting Ironstone 1
Roasting the ironstone in heaps

Blast Furnace 1
Blast furnaces at Hanley, Staffordshire

Steel Plate Rolling
Steel plate rolling

Neath Copper Works / 1779
The Copper works at Neath Date: 1779

Open Cast Iron Mining
Men working at an open cast iron mine, shovelling iron ore into a horse-drawn cart

Scene in a Forge
A massive object - possibly the barrel of a gun - is manhandled by a team of ironworkers in an ancient but well-organised workshop

Dannemora Iron Mine
Working the iron deposits at Dannemora, Sweden

Pots and Pans Maker
A Chinese maker of pots and pans

Iron Mine Sweden
The open-cast iron mine at Dannemora, Sweden, is state of the art for its day : the ore is hauled up a lift to ground level

KLONDIKE, 1905
The Principal Street of Gold Bottom, the Klondike, Alaska

Blast Furnace / 1911
GERMANY Blast furnace at Friedrich Alfred-Hutte

WELDER / 1949
A welder, wearing protective mask and gloves at work

Blast Furnace / Germany
GERMANY Blast furnace running off the metal

Silver Mining / Mexico
Apache prisoners condemned to the Mines of Chihuahua, Mexico

Molten Brass Furnace
Withdrawing a pot of molten brass from a furnace at a Birkenhead Brass Foundry, Cheshire

Iron Smelting / Africa
Central Africa: iron smelting with long sticks

Primitive Smithy
A primitve smithy at Unjamwest, German East Africa

Australian Gold Miners
Gold panning in Australia

Smelting Ore, Sweden
Medieval depiction of smelting ore, Sweden

Metal Mines in Sweden
A map of the metal mines in old Sweden

Weighing & Measuring
Medieval depiction of weighing and measuring, Sweden

World is Crazy for Gold
Satire on gold fever - the world has gone crazy for gold!

Chinese Workers Africa
Chinese workers sign on at the gold mines of South Africa

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