Mining Collection

Abanoned tin mine at Wheal Coates, Cornwall, UK
This abandoned structure used to house a water pumping engine that was used in the mining process

Corby Ironworks
11th February 1950: Corby Ironworks in Northamptonshire at night. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4975 - Did You Know This Was Happening To England? - pub

Iron Miner
5th June 1948: A miner pauses in a tunnel before starting a shift in Britains most modern iron ore mine, at Irthlinborough in Northamptonshire

Botallack Long Exposure
A long exposure of the abandoned tin mines at Botallack, Cornwall in the west of Cornwall, England, UK

Steel Furnace
16th August 1952: Liquid metal spraying out of the furnace at Thomas and Baldwins steel works in Ebbw Vale, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6005 - Steel Town - pub

Under Tilmanstone
A miner working underground in Tilmanstone Colliery, in Kent. Photograph taken using Sashalite lighting equipment

Dereliction
8th January 1955: The derelict buildings and discarded machinery of a worked-out coal mine near Wigan, Lancashire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7467 - Problem Of A Dying Coalfield - pub

Mining Geological profiles lithograph 1895
Encyclopedia Britannica 9th Edition Vol I New York, Samuel Hall 1878

Peat cutting, Connemara, County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Botallack Copper Mine, Cornwall - 1833 woodcut
Woodcut illustration from The Saturday Magazine, Volume 87, November 9th, 1833

Steel Foundry
19th January 1978: The steel foundry at Corby. (Photo by Colin Davey/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Salt farm, Noirmoutier-en-l?Ile, Ile de Noirmoutier, Pays de la Loire, France

Glamorgan Colliery
Police guarding the Glamorgan Colliery during the strikes and riots in the coalmining town of Tonypandy, in the Welsh Rhondda, November 1910

Miners Sorting Diamonds from Gravel
South Africa-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Workers sorting the gravel for diamonds at Kimberly mine. Undated photo

Miners at Working in South Africa
South Africa-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Workers tipping ground 1200 feet level in Kimberly mine. Undated photo

Sutter's Mill
(Original Caption) Sutter's Mill, site of the discovery of gold in California. Ca. 1850s

Horse Drawn Covered Wagon
A 10-horse team pulls covered wagons down the main street of Helena, Montana, in June 1870 after the discovery of gold there in 1864

Gold Mining In California by Currier & Ives
Gold mining in California. Currier & Ives Print, 1871. Hand colored lithograph

Workers at Kimberley Mine
Men stand around the cavernous mine shafts at Kimberley Mine in South Africa

Miners Outside Gold Mine
(Original Caption) Miners posing at the Republic Gold Mining Company in De Kaap, South Africa. Photo circa 1888

Gold Prospector with Pack Mule and Dog
(Original Caption) Klondiker going after the golden prospect. Photograph by J.R.Peden & Co. BPA2# 2216

Gold Miners with Mule Packs in Klondike
(Original Caption) Prospecters travel with packing mules through the Klondike Valley in Alaska, ca. 1899.Photograph

Placer Mining Near Humboldt
(Original Caption) Placer mining near Humboldt, Arizona. Undated photograph

Miners Work Underground
(Original Caption) Klondike Goldrush. Miners working underground. Gold Hill Y.T. Undated photograph. BPA#2 2209

Kimberley Mine View Of Diamond Mining
(Original Caption) 1872- Kimberley mine, Ca.1872. Photograph

Klondike Trading Company Store
(Original Caption) Klondike Trading Company's store. Photo ca.1900

Coal Carts Drawn In Strip Mines 1898
(Original Caption) 1898-Wilburton, OK- Coal carts being drawn in the strip pits of Wilburton Indian territory

Open Pit Mining In Minnesota
(Original Caption) Undated stereoscopic image of open-pit mining in Minnesota. Title reads - "'Open-pit iron mining with 5-ton steam shovels. Hibbing, Minn"

Gold Stamp Mill Interior W/Busy Workers
(Original Caption) "Clean up" day at the Deadwood Terra Gold Stamp Mill, one of the Homestake Mills in Terraville, Dakota. Photo copyright 1881

Aerial Photo Of Gold Mine @ River Canyon
(Original Caption) Shoup, ID: Gold mine at Salmon River Canyon. Undated photograph

American Labor Leader Mother Jones
A portrait of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones (1830-1930), a lifelong labor activist who spoke out for miners rights and union organization. She was also a vocal opponent of child labor

The Danites: Men Surrounding Woman
(Original Caption) Cartoon - Group of men surrounding woman. Caption, "The Danites" "Married Mum?"No Sir!" Undated Lithograph

Gold Washing In California
(Original Caption) Original Caption - Gold washing in California. Drawing by Darley. Undated

An Account of California and the Wonderful Gold Regions Title Page
The title page to An Account of California and the Wonderful Gold Regions, published by J.B. Hall in 1849

Winnowing Gold, Near Chinese Camp
(Original Caption) Winnowing gold, near Chinese Camp. Undated Engraving

Hydraulic Mining In California
(Original Caption) Original Caption - Hydraulic mining in California. Engraving from a drawing by J. Ferat, after a photo. 19C. Undated

Men Standing Beside Hot Water Thawer
(Original Caption) Portrait of three men standing beside Ike Halliday's hot water thawer, "Golden Feather Bench, " at the Inmachuk River during the Alaska goldrush, September 24th, 1903

Congo Goldmine Exploration
(Original Caption) Congo: Exploration of Congo region by Belgian industrialists. Dredge takes sampling. Gold mine near Kilo, ca. 1900

John Hays Hammond

Miners Crushing Salt
Miners crushing rock salt in a salt mine 1, 000 feet under ground

Miners Working in Salt Mine
Miners processing rock salt in a salt mine 1, 000 feet under ground

Eleanor Roosevelt Riding a Coal Car with Miners
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, dressed as a miner, is shown on a coal train about to enter the Willow Grove Mine in Bellaire, Ohio on May 22, 1935

Abandoned Coal Mine Camp
(Original Caption) 6/7/1937-Dartmont, Kentucky-A mine camp at Dartmont, near Evarts, KY, in Harlan County. In this mine the coal vein has run out, causing the abandonment of both camp and mine

Miners Camp At Elkhorn Coal Co, Ky
(Original Caption) 1946-Kona, KY: General view of miners'camp of the Elkhorn Coal Co. Kona, KY

Paul Douglas and Elizabeth Dole at Press Conference
With their hands held high

Elderly Gold Prospector With Burro
(Original Caption) Photo of a California gold prospector, with his burro, preparing a meal over a campfire. Undated photograph

Horse-Drawn Sleds Transporting Freight
(Original Caption) Overland freight train enroute to the mines, during the Klondike Gold Rush. Photograph circa 1900

Bricks Of Gold Bullion
(Original Caption) Gold bricks at the Bank of Cape Nome in Nome, Alaska. The three largest bricks weigh between 1017 and 1045 ounces. Undated photograph

Fourth Avenue, Seward, Ak, Ca. 1900
(Original Caption) Original Caption - Klondike Gold Rush: Fourth Avenue, Seward, Alaska. Undated Photo

Men Stand By Sign; "5000 Lbs Bullion..."
(Original Caption) Early mine profits: "First bullion from Little Cotton Wood." Gold mine in Utah. Undated stereoscopic photograph

Men In Mine Shaft Seated On Mining Cars
(Original Caption) Mining shaft with miners sitting on mining cars transporting the raw material

Gold Pan And Shovel. Gold Mining Symbol
(Original Caption) Gold Pan and shovel. Gold mining symbols. Pen and ink.BPA2#2211

Illustration of Gold Mining in the Montana Area
1889: Map of Montana on left with illustration of men goldmining

Native American Copper Mining
(Original Caption) Mining methods of Native Americans at a copper mine near Lake Superior. The metal was dug from a shallow hole by individual miners

Copper Ore Washing - Japanese Woodcut
(Original Caption) Woodcut depicting the washing of copper ore at a mine in Beschi, Japan. Undated illustration

Scuffle In California Mining Camp
(Original Caption) Original Caption - Scuffle in California Mining camp. "A good hit! Give it to him, Pete!" Woodcut by Nahl, "the Cruickshand of California". Undated Illustration

Men And Women In Steamer Cabin
(Original Caption) Engraving entitled "PLEASANT WEATHER IN THE GULF, " depicting a group of men and women aboard a steamer, traveling to California via Panama in 1849. Undated illustration

Chinese Man Walking To Mines
(Original Caption) Engraving depicting a Chinese man walking to the gold mines. Undated illustration

Catalog Ad For Gold Rush Lecture Outfit
(Original Caption) Page from the Sears, Roebuck, and Company catalog, advertising the "Illustrated Lecture Outfit on Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields, " for $49.75

Illust. Of Interior Of A Copper Mine
(Original Caption) "Interior of a copper mine." Undated illustration

Men at Work Site with Shovels
(Original Caption) 1854- "Parks Bar Company Works, California." Men are shown working at a site with shovels. Illustration

Man Walking W/Cane And Pack On Back;Illu
(Original Caption) "Returning from Kern River." Illustration shows a man looking haggard, walking with a cane and a pack on his back full of tools for gold-digging. Undated

Title Page Of Travel & Gold Rush Guide
(Original Caption) Title page from the first edition of L.W. Hastings travel and gold rush guide, published in Cincinnati in 1849

California Gold Diggers -- Lithograph
(Original Caption) California: Lithograph shows the mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River during the California Gold Rush. Lithograph by Kellogs and Comstock

Illustration of Miners of the California Gold Rush
(Original Caption) Original Caption - Miners of California Rush (1849) cradle rocking to separate gold from soil. Woodcut ca. 1854

Illust;. Convoy Of Diamonds
(Original Caption) "Convoy of Diamonds in Brazil." Illustration shows a convoy of men with donkeys carrying packs. Undated

Mine Workers and Water Wheel
(Original Caption) 1860- Flutter wheel, on the Toulumne. Illustration

Lithograph after Charles Graham Depicting the Hall of Mines and Mining at the World's Columbian Exposition
Illustration of the Hall of Mines and Mining at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, held in Chicago, Illinois

Testing Rescue Capsule
Tom Morgan of the Bureau of Mines tries a rescue capsule on for size, with the help of rescue workers

Empty Mine Car
An empty mine car and an empty scene remain as drillmen continue the search for entombed miner Louis Bova

Two Rescued Miners
A happy reunion. The two rescued miners leave Hazleton State Hospital happily reunited with their wives. Davey Fellin, right, winks at newsmen as Hank Throne enjoys one of his favorite stogies

Topaz and Quartz Miners in Brazil
(Original Caption) 3/11/65 Cristalina, Brazil: "A small army of treasure-hunters digs for quartz and topaz in the wilderness of Brazil's Goias State, on the 500

Workers Digging in Rectangular Pit
(Original Caption) 12/10/1966-Ratnapura, Ceylon- Dressed in typical native attire, Ceylonese workers dig a pit in search of gem gravel

Decaying And Abandoned Factory
(Original Caption) 4/5/1946-Formosa: The island of Formosa is rapidly decaying, in production and spirit, under Chinese rule

Victorian coal miner pushing a minecart
Victorian vintage engraving of a 19th century coal miner pushing coal in a minecart

Persberg Mines, Sweden
Engraved illustrations of Mining from Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and Art, Published in 1851. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

Coal Mine
Vintage engraving showing a cross section of a coal mine, 1864

Coal miners, wood engraving, published in 1877
Workers in the coal mine. Wood engraving, published in 1877

Spacecraft Landing on a Planet
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Placer Mining By Oldtimers
An example of placer mining for gold, with three men, named Spriggs, Lamb, and Dillon, working alongside a sluice box, Rockerville, South Dakota, 1889. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images)

Hometime
1st August 1926: Miners from the colliery at Crown Farm near Mansfield, Nottingham on their way home from work. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Landscape of the Abandoned Diamond Mining Ghost Town called Kolmanskop near Luderitz
Kolmanskop also known by its German name of Kolmannskuppe is a ghost town in the Namib desert in Southern Namibia which is situated approximately 10 kilometres inland from the port town of Lderitz

Landscape of the Abandoned Houses of the Mining Ghost Town of Kolmanskop
Color Photo of the landscape of abandoned buildings at the deserted mining town of Kolmanskop, Luderitz, Namibia. Kolmanskop is also known by its German name of Kolmannskuppe

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