Mined Collection

Apprentice splitting slate, Delabole Quarry, Cornwall
An apprentice splitting a slate at the Delabole Quarry in North Cornwall. Slate has been mined in the area since the middle ages

MINING EMERALDS 1820
Emeralds being mined by convicts in Muzo, Colombia. Date: 1820

WW1 - British hospital ship Anglia sinks, November 17th 1915
WW1 - HMHS Anglia was a British steam ship requisitioned for use as a hospital ship during the First World War. On 17th November 1915, Anglia was returning from Calais to Dover

Allied warships, Dardanelles, February 1915, WW1
Allied warships which took part in the bombardment of the Dardanelles in February 1915. They are: HMS Dublin, Euryalus, Cornwallis, Amethyst, Sapphire, Vengeance, Lord Nelson, Implacable, Agamemnon

Wartime map of Italy by G. H. Davis
The slow advance in Italy: General Alexanders candid explanation. All roads lead to Rome -- but all the roads are mined, says General Alexander

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

Slanic, Romania - Salt Mines
Slanic - one of the 14 towns of Prahova County, Romania. Slanics history and economy are directly related to the presence of relatively large quantities of salt underground, and even in open air

Belgium - Zeebrugge - Dredging the harbour for mines following the end of the First World War Date: circa 1919

Silhouettes from the Somme, WW1
When following on the heels of a retreating enemy, there is increased work for all. Here we have a squadron of cavalry returning from close contact with the enemy

Washing Gold
Baskets containing freshly mined gold, being washed underneath water spouting from a pipe at a New Zealand gold mine. Date: early 1930s

SMS Yorck mined near Wilhelmshaven, WW1
The German armoured cruiser, SMS Yorck, mined near Wilhelmshaven during the First World War, and lying on her side with a few survivors standing on top

The Wynaad Goldfields, Southern India. Views of the Needle A
Engraving of distant view of Needle Arch Mountain and the surrounding undulating countryside where gold was found and mined in the nineteenth century, 1876-1886

The Wynaad Goldfield, Southern India. Views of the Richmond
Scenic engraving of the Coffee Estate in the Malabar district of Madras, where gold was found and mined between 1876-1886

America. Photographs from California. Indusry Bar
Industry Bar was a heavily mined area of the Californian gold diggings and this engraving from a photograph shows the elaborate system of bringing water to the mining area

Purifying Sulphur
Once the sulphure has been mined, it must be refined before it can be used commercially. Furnaces at Catolica perform this operation on the spot

St Hildas Colliery
In county Durham : the mined coal is hoisted above ground level, then the tubs slide down a gradient to be tipped into wagons which take it to the ships

Phosphate Mining
Sacks of phosphate, the salt of phosphoric acid, mined in Sfax, Tunisia, North Africa

Boys Picking Slate
Boys picking slate out of mined coal, in an American mine

Tsar Nicolas Worried
Nicolas prays that the track isn t mined by the terrorists - recalling an earlier nihilist plot

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