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Diamond mining in KimberleyDiamond mining at Kimberley, South Africa. Date: circa 1880
LEAD MINE / DU CASSEIllustration which shows the tier system used in lead mining. Date: circa 1837
IRON MINE / GUERIN / 1837Illustration of an iron mine. Date: 1837
Alum Mine at Hurlet near Glasgow 1843Interior of an underground alum mine at Hurlet near Glasgow. The miners, with candles attached to their helmets, dig into the rocks and cart away the mineral in wheelbarrows
DANNEMORA IRON MINEIron mines of Dannemora, Sweden Date: 1830s
IRON MINEMining iron ore Date: circa 1820
TIN MINERS RESTING / 1880Cornish tin miners take a rest Date: 1880
GOLD MINING / HYDRAULIC / USHydraulic mining for gold in Colorado Date: circa 1870
GOLD MINING / COLORADOMules loaded with winter supplies in the mining districts of Colorado Date: 1880
FRENCH MINERS, LIFT SHAFTFrench miners descending a shaft Date: 1869
Pony tramming 1889Pony tramming in an English colliery Date: 1889
MINING ENGINEERS / 1869A consultation of engineers in a French mine Date: 1869
Taverdons Drill in use in France Date: 1893
COAL / COMPRESSED FUELSManufacture of compressed fuels Date: 1884
1869 / COAL MINE / BORINGBoring operations in a French mine Date: 1869
FRENCH COAL MINE 1867Interior of French mine. Date: 1867
Trapper seated 1867TRAPPER AND PUTTERS A small boy opens and closes the trapdoor while another child pushes a laden wagon along a narrow gallery. Date: 1867
Pits and pitmen - night-shift 1871Night-shift down the pits, half an hour before the shift starts at five-thirty in the evening, the miners meet on the pit-heap for a chat by a fire, this engraving was took from Seaham
Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - South Lorrain - Keeley-Jowsley-Wood Company Ore House - Silver Mine interior with two men and guard dog. Date: circa 1908
Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - Cobalt - Firefighters on shed roof fighting blaze. Date: circa 1908
Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - A new town - street scene. Date: circa 1909
Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - Porcupine City - Shuniah Hotel with two guests. Date: 1910
Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - Cochrane - Panoramic view with snow-covered mountains. Date: circa 1910
Canada - Ontario - Mining Town - Gowanda Halfway House - Cabins and Horse sleds. Date: circa 1910
Abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, EnglandThe abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England. The mine is now renovated, owned by The National Trust and turned into a museum
Former tin miner in the abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England. He leans on some of the derelict machinery
Smoking chimneys, early morning in Blaenavon, South WalesEarly morning and the coal fires smoke from chimneys in Blaenavon, South Wales. The Sunday Times Date: 1988
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 5Alfred Gee pushes a coal truck to the entrance of his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 4Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 3Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971
Coal spoil tips Staffsman walking his dog in the early morning rain below the coal spoil tips Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1986
Sculpture Bust in the Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, DenmarkSculpture Bust - Miner with an Axe (1900) by Constantin Meunir (1831-1905) in the Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark Date: 1900
Nevada, USA - Gould and Curry Mining Company Office/Mackay Mansion Date: circa 1920s
State of Oklahoma, USA - Eagle-Picher Central Mill, Lead and Zinc Mining District, near Miami. Date: circa 1940
The Simmer and Jack Proprietary Gold Mines - South AfricaThe 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
Miners at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall -- leaving at the end of the last shift, before the mine was closed. Date: circa 1986
View of Ermelo, Transvaal, South AfricaView of Ermelo (from the north), a coal mining town in Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa. Date: 1907
Ten views of Benoni, Transvaal, South AfricaTen views of Benoni, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa -- Market Avenue, general view of mines, Market Square with magistrates courts, Post Office and Standard Bank
Knox Street, Germiston, Transvaal, South AfricaKnox Street, Germiston, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1910
Angelo Gold Mine, East Rand, Transvaal, South AfricaAngelo Gold Mining Company, The Avenue, near Boksburg, East Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Kings Hotel, Boksburg, Transvaal, South AfricaKings Hotel, on the banks of the lake, Boksburg, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1905
Coal mining. BelgiumCoal mining. Herscheuse Mining. Quaregnon County. Belgium. Colored engraving from 1884
Switchback railway, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USASwitchback railway, near Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USA. A gravity narrow gauge railroad at the Summit Hill coalmines, used by the company to transport coal in trucks to the village across
Diamond mining in German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1910
Durham miners as sappers, WW1Durham miners who had enlisted in the army preparing a practice sap. Many miners served as tunnellers in the Royal Engineers during the First World War. Date: 1915
Cones of salt - The Great Salt Mines, Oasis of Bilma, SaharaCones of salt obtained from The Great Salt Mines, Oasis of Bilma, Niger, Sahara. Taken during the expedition led by Captain Angus Buchanan to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23
Miner of the Huanchaca Mining Company of Bolivia. Date: circa 1904
Coal mining with a horseCoal mine in Hoganas.South of Sweden. A horse is lowered down a coal mine shaft
