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Come down under Australia emigration poster 1926-7Poster encouraging British emigration to Australia, 1926-7. To the young unemployed miner, come down under and be a digger on the surface. Work, health and happiness on the land in Australia
The Burra Burra copper-mine in South Australia, showing the surface operations. 1848
Gold rush in New South Wales, AustraliaLoading a horse with necessities for a months encampment at the gold digging site, Ophir, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1851
Title page with vignette of miner with lantern in a cave.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886
German male costumes of 1526-1546.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889
Face workers in a tin mine, Cornwall, with the seam of tin visible on the right. Date: circa 1980s
Miners at work, Victor, Colorado, USAMiners at work, drilling one thousand feet underground in a gold mine at Victor, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1910
Molly Kathleen Mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado, USAScene inside the Molly Kathleen Mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA. A miner stands next to a cart containing gold ore ready to be taken to the surface. Date: circa 1910
St. Barbara Church. CZECH Rep Kutna Hora. VaultSt. Barbara Church. CZECH Rep.. Kutna Hora. Vault that covers the central nave. Gothic art. Architecture
MET DE BLES, Henri (1480-1550). Landscape with coppper mines. Detail of the foundry. 16th century. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. CZECH Rep.. Prague. National Gallery in Prague
Gold Mining in California. Scenes of the 1849 Californian Gold Rush showing cradling, panning, washing with a long tom and hydraulic mining. Coloured lithograph by Currier and Ives 1871. Litography
Goldminers in Chitina Valley, Alaska, USA. They are relaxing in their camp at Hells Half Acre, near the Kennecott Mines, Wrangell area. Date: circa 1920
Goldminers in Alaska, USAGoldminers in their camp, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1908
Miners at mine entrance, Pittsburgh, PA, USAMiners at mine entrance, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: early 20th century
A Pick Nick Down Under by William Heath RobinsonA sharp thrill in the Antipodes: one of the dangers of very deep mining. A man tunnelling through te earth with a treacherous looking pick axe surprises an Australian having managed to dig entirely
Handing in his lamp1920 photo showing a Staffordshire miner handing in his lamp before the October 16 coal strike. About one million miners went on strike in aid of wage increases. Date: 1920
Panning for GoldAn old miner (probably in New Zealand), washing the gold he has panned. Date: 1930s
Miner & Family 1905A miner and his family stand on the doorstep of their dwelling. The mother proudly holds up her baby for the camera. Probably taken in Radstock, Avon. Date: 1905
Chinese Mining Boy, South AfricaA Chinese Mining Boy, South Africa. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand
Chinese Mining Boys - South AfricaThree Chinese Mining Boys. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand
John William Mackay (1831-1902) - an American industrialist, one of the four Bonanza Kings, a partnership which capitalised on the wealth generated by the silver mines at the Comstock Lode
Marsilea quadrifolia - Four-leaf CloverMarsilea quadrifolia (four-leaf clover). Manuscript document: Sketches of plants made at the Mauritius to accompany the report of May 1829 Date: 1829
Medals of Valour for Heroes of Pit DisastersPostcard celebrating (with a poem) the medals of Valour awarded by King Edward VII to the Heroes of the Pit Disasters at Whitehaven
Fossil leaf minerA leaf miner has left a snaking trail in this leaf from the Middle Eocene of Bournemouth, England
Manorina melanophrys, bell minerPlate 80, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol.4, (1840-1848)
Carved nephriteA tiki from New Zealand (left), a seal from British Colombia, and a Chinese vase all carved from nephrite. Nephrite is actually not a mineral outright, but is a variety of the mineral actinolite
France (1903). Coal mine. Engraving
CONGO, Democratic Republic of the. Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008). Bills with mining scene
Loading Chile saltpeter in Pascua (Chile). 1891
The foreman and miners pose for a photograph. King Cobalt silver mine, Cobalt, Ontario Canada
Coal miner (Polish). Capels, West Virginia. Date 1938 Sept
Why open the door, coal miners child uses the cat hole. Bertha Hill, West Virginia (Note pipe in one hand, gun in other). Date 1938 Sept. Why open the door, coal miners child uses the cat hole
Miner at American Radiator Mine, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Date 1936 Feb
Hungarian miners wife bringing home coal for the stove from slate pile. Coal camp, Chaplin, West Virginia. Date 1938 Sept
Wife of unemployed coal miner, suffering from TB, living in old company store. Abandoned mining town of Marine, West Virginia. (See 50110-D)J. Date 1938 Sept
Gold Mining in California. Date: 1871
Silver MineThe silver mine at Kongsberg, Norway, 1872. Date: 1872
French poster, nationalisation of minesA French poster about the nationalisation of mines. Date: 20th century
Miners - Ironwood, Michigan - Lowered into pit. Date: circa 1910s
Sappers and miners working on a tunnel, WW1Sappers and miners working on a tunnel during the First World War. Date: 1916
Illustration, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing Polly being is held aloft by a dark-faced miner called Brother Step-and-Fetch-It
Simplon - Switzerland - The MinerA Miner from the Simplon region of Switzerland. It looks as if he is about to lead a guided tour of a tunnel system cut through glacial ice. Date: circa 1905
Miners Safety LampAn example of a miners safety lamp
Welsh Miner Washing 1870A Welsh miner washing off the grime after his days work. Date: circa 1870
Work ConditionsManagement and labour negotiate during the South Wales lock-out Date: 1875
Bank Hall Colliery, MiningBank Hall Colliery, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Study of an Italian migrant worker, fresh from the pit face
Derelict miners cottage, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA derelict miners cottage in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The roof has gone, and plants are growing in the stonework
Miners outing in a charabanc, South WalesA group of South Wales miners, a few guests and a little white dog, go on an outing in a Leyland charabanc