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Mining Collection (#7)

Background imageMining Collection: Las MA dulas

Las MA dulas
Yacimientos de antiguas minas de oro, de la epoca romana.En 1997 fue declarado por la Unesco Patrimonio de la Humanidad.Deposits of old gold mines, from Roman times

Background imageMining Collection: Ancient ruins in Troy Turkey

Ancient ruins in Troy Turkey - travel background

Background imageMining Collection: World Heritage Cultural Landscape of Las Medulas

World Heritage Cultural Landscape of Las Medulas
Picture of Roman mines of gold of Las Medulas taken from the from Orellan viewpoint at the early autumn. Las Medulas, El Bierzo, LeAon (Spain)

Background imageMining Collection: Las Medulas landscape

Las Medulas landscape
Landscape of the Roman mines of gold of Las Medulas, El Bierzo, LeAon

Background imageMining Collection: Las Medulas

Las Medulas is a historical site near the town of Ponferrada in the region of El Bierzo which used to be the most important gold mine in the Roman Empire

Background imageMining Collection: Coke ovens, Ruhr area

Coke ovens, Ruhr area
World cultural heritage coal mine and coke oven ZollvereinFor many visitors this is the highlight of their city break to the Ruhr Area

Background imageMining Collection: Excavation Site, Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa

Excavation Site, Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa
The Sterkfontein Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site part of the Cradle of Humankind at Maroping, South Africa complex, This excavation site is where Mrs. Ples and Little Foot were discovered

Background imageMining Collection: Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)

Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)
Las Medulas is a historic mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the region of El Bierzo (province of LeAon, Castile and LeAon, Spain)

Background imageMining Collection: Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)

Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)
Las Medulas is a historic mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the region of El Bierzo (province of LeAon, Castile and LeAon, Spain)

Background imageMining Collection: Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)

Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)
Las Medulas is a historic mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the region of El Bierzo (province of LeAon, Castile and LeAon, Spain)

Background imageMining Collection: Three moai half buried in a quarry, Easter island

Three moai half buried in a quarry, Easter island
Rano Raraku was a quarry for about 500 years until the early eighteenth century, and supplied the stone from which about 95% of the islands known monolithic sculptures (moai) were carved

Background imageMining Collection: Las Medulas

Las Medulas
The largest gold mine in the Roman Empire

Background imageMining Collection: Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)

Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)
Las Medulas is a historic mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the region of El Bierzo (province of LeAon, Castile and LeAon, Spain)

Background imageMining Collection: Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)

Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)
Las Medulas is a historic mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the region of El Bierzo (province of LeAon, Castile and LeAon, Spain)

Background imageMining Collection: Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)

Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)
Las Medulas is a historic mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the region of El Bierzo (province of LeAon, Castile and LeAon, Spain)

Background imageMining Collection: Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)

Las MA dulas ancient roman mines, LeAon (Spain)
Las Medulas is a historic mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the region of El Bierzo (province of LeAon, Castile and LeAon, Spain)

Background imageMining Collection: Fire At Flixborough

Fire At Flixborough
1st June 1974: A view of the Nypro plant at Flixborough after the fire on 1st June 1974 where explosions within the plant killed several workers. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageMining Collection: Asbestos Dump

Asbestos Dump
10th May 1976: A sign reading Danger No Admittance at a Kent asbestos dump at Rainham. (Photo by John Mitchell/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageMining Collection: Asbestos Mines

Asbestos Mines
19th October 1946: Asbestos mines at Amiandos in the Troodos mountains in Cyprus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4202 - Cyprus A Challenge To British Rule - pub

Background imageMining Collection: South African Mine

South African Mine
A gold mine and diamond field near Capetown, South Africa, 1867. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMining Collection: Kimberley Diamond Mine

Kimberley Diamond Mine
The Central Companys shaft at the Kimberley diamond mine in South Africa, 1888. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMining Collection: Gold Miners At Ballarat

Gold Miners At Ballarat
Gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, circa 1855. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMining Collection: Dragging Coal

Dragging Coal
A shackled woman and child dragging a container of coal along a mineshaft, 1842. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMining Collection: Child Labour

Child Labour
A young girl pulling a cartful of coal through a passage only a couple of feet high, 1842. The cart is attached to her waist by a chain

Background imageMining Collection: Gold Rush Prospectors

Gold Rush Prospectors
A group of prospectors poses with their equipment and a heavily laden horse as they prepare to go somewhere, Northwestern United States, 1867. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMining Collection: Reef Workings

Reef Workings
The main reef workings on the Witwatersrand gold mining companys claim in the Gauteng province of South Africa, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMining Collection: Panning For Gold

Panning For Gold
A gold prospector panning for alluvial gold in the Klondike, a region in the western region of the Yukon Territory, Canada, circa 1898. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMining Collection: Coal Whimsey

Coal Whimsey
An engine drawing coal, or a coal whimsey, at the Staffordshire Collieries. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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