Mining Collection (page 19)

Sydney, Australia - Silver Mine - Broken Hill
Slide showing a photograph of a Silver mine. Broken Hill is Australias longest-lived mining city. In 1844, the explorer Charles Sturt saw and named the Barrier Range

Central America - Gold Mining - Lantern Slide series
Gold Mining in Central America - A coloured lantern slide of two small white buildings in a hilly landscape, with trees and various foliage in the foreground.. Slide from Box 270B. Date: circa 1900

A typical oil-pump - oil-well in a desert. near Kumdag - Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

A typical oil-pump on an oil-well with a puddle of oil - in a desert near Kumdag. typical in Turkmenistan former CIS - Spring - April

Iron-ore mining and smelting industrial complex. Magnitogorsk town - Chelyabinsk region - South-East of Ural Mountain Range - steppe landscape around - July

Old Mining Town near Luderitz called Ghost Town. Namibia - Africa

View of Mayo from steamer, Yukon Territory, Canada
View of Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada, from the steamer Nasultin, with ice in the water, 8 October 1919. Mayo was a silver mining town. Date: 1919

Group photo, Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada
Group photo outside the Hotel Royal Alexandra (proprietor Oscar Letourneau), Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada, 11 October 1919. According to the inscription, those pictured are about to leave

Steamer in ice, Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada
The steamer Nasultin surrounded by ice at Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada, October 1919. Mayo was a silver mining town. Date: 1919

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, USA
Goldminers in their camp, Alaska, USA. Date: circa 1908

Cleary Creek, Alaska, USA
Aerial view of Cleary Creek, Fairbanks District, Alaska, USA, with tents in a snowy landscape. Date: circa 1905

First Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, with snow on the ground. circa 1905

Senghenydd Universal Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, S. Wales
Rescue scenes as pictured in The Illustrated London News at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South Wales
Scene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK

Schenley Farms District, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Schenley Farms District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1914

Miners at mine entrance, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Miners at mine entrance, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: early 20th century

Slag heap and mining complex around Loos February 18
Slag heap and mining complex around Loos. February 18. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Trench Art model of a British mine layer, WW1
Trench Art model of a British mine layer on a brass base celebrating the Royal Navys capture of a German submarine

Fighting in Lens, Northern France, 1914
With the French army : a scene during the fighting between French and Germans among the coal trucks of the mining town of Lens in Northern France, 1914. 1914

WW2 poster, Thank You Gold Coast! Your Manganese makes steel for fighting ships. Date: 1940s

A Pick Nick Down Under by William Heath Robinson
A 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

Indian sappers in a mine hole
Sappers, probably of the British Indian Army, in a mine hole. Date: circa 1890s

Miners Federation delegates, Western Front, WW1
Delegates of the Miners Federation just after a tour of the front line during World War One. From left to right: Mr H Roughley, Mr T Greenall, Mr H Twist and Mr J McGurk. Date: circa 1916

Sinking of German ship, Konigin Luise, by G. H. Davis
The sinking of the German mine layer, Konigin Luise, off Harwich in the early stages of the First World War. Showing the position of the Lance when firing the three fatal shots. Date: August 1914

Submarine incident in North Sea by G. H. Davis
A submarine incident in the North Sea. How the sinking of the German cruiser Hela was accomplished (top). Two other illustrations relate to

Mine problem in North Sea by G. H. Davis
The mine problem in the North Sea. The mine layer at work, showing the way in which the mine is held below the water and how it is exploded by a passing ship

Magnetic mine and counter moves by G. H. Davis
A battle of wits: the magnetic mine and the counter-moves, a battle of wits: new types of mines countered by the Navy. Naval experts versus the enemy

Mines from the Crimean onwards by G. H. Davis
Mines, from the infernal machine used by the Russians during the Crimean War to colossal barrages employed during the Second World War. 1940

The mine used by Germany by G. H. Davis
The mine: a weapon used by Germany for unrestricted warfare. The basic principles of mine laying: a form of naval warfare whose restrictions under international law are ignored by Germany to ensure

Baltic Copper Mine Cricket Club, Michigan, USA
Baltic Cricket Team - comprising of miners from Painesdale, Michigan, USA - played in the Copper (Houghton) County Cricket League, founded in 1906

The Limited and Freight Car of a mining comany. Old fashioned freight vehicles

Submarine mines, WW1
How submarine mines look when laid on the seabed. Each one contains a charge of gun cotton, and explodes on contact. Date: 1914

Kimberley Mine - diamond excavation
Diamond excavation machinery, and miners at the Kimberley Mine in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Date: 1883

Aberfan: the desolate village
The front page of The Illustrated London News, reporting on the Aberfan disaster. An aerial view of the path of destruction left by the rain-soaked coal tip that slipped 500 yards down

USA / Fairbanks
The city of Fairbanks, the Golden Heart of Alaska, U.S.A. so named because it is a rich gold mining district in the centre of the State. Date: 1930s

Roderick Imp. Murchison
Sir RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON Geologist, director of the School of Science applied to Mining and the Arts (!) Date: 1792 - 1871

Advertisement for the Mond Nickel Company -- female model (Jane Davis) posing in polka dot dress and gloves. 1959

Chinese Mining Boy, South Africa
A 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 Africa
Three Chinese Mining Boys. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

Chinese Musicians - one playing an Erhu - South Africa
Chinese Musicians - one pictured playing an Erhu - in South Africa. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - The Winding Machine
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto - The Winding Machine. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto - Massive Water Gate at the Port. Date: circa 1910s

Police in Chinese Compound, South Africa - contracted miners
Police in a Chinese Compound, South Africa. Between 1904 and 1910, over 63, 000 contracted miners were brought in to work the mines of the Witwatersrand

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

WW1 - Loos - Tower Bridge - pithead gear towers
WW1, Loos Tower Bridge - the name given to a pair of pithead gear towers here (also sometimes known as Crystal Palace ). Men from the Black Watch

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