Mine Collection (page 7)

Mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by overshot water wheel. At right is detail of section of pipe K
531489 Mine being drained by a rag-and-chain pump powered by overshot water wheel. At right is detail of section of pipe K. From Agricola De re metallica, Basle, 1556.; Universal History Archive/UIG

UNITED STATES (C19th). Gold seekers in California. Engraving. Private Collection ©Lorio/Iberfoto/Leemage
AIS5394652 UNITED STATES (C19th). Gold seekers in California. Engraving. Private Collection ©Lorio/Iberfoto/Leemage; © Iberfoto

UNITED STATES (c19th). Virginia. Interior of the Grotto of Luray, Indoor des in 1880. Engraving
AIS5393900 UNITED STATES (c19th). Virginia. Interior of the Grotto of Luray, Indoor des in 1880. Engraving. Private Collection ©Lorio/Iberfoto/Leemage; Private Collection; © Lorio / Iberfoto

An engraving depicting a sectional view of Portland, showing the position of Portland Freestone which was quarried for
5310731 An engraving depicting a sectional view of Portland, showing the position of Portland Freestone which was quarried for building

Sectional view of a furnace ventilation shaft typical of many coal mines
5307486 Sectional view of a furnace ventilation shaft typical of many coal mines.; (add.info.: Sectional view of a furnace ventilation shaft typical of many coal mines)

A view of Seaham Harbour
5308315 A view of Seaham Harbour.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a view of Seaham Harbour, Durham, showing the end of the inclined plane railway which carried coals to the waiting boats)

Fowey Consols copper mine, Cornwall
5312000 Fowey Consols copper mine, Cornwall; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Fowey Consols copper mine, Cornwall: a bank of jigging machines were the first process towards extracting copper from)

Engraving depicting the productions of Bohemian garnet
5309082 Engraving depicting the productions of Bohemian garnet; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the productions of Bohemian garnet)

An engraving depicting Thomas Savery's steam engine of 1699 used for pumping water from mines
5311302 An engraving depicting Thomas Savery's steam engine of 1699 used for pumping water from mines. Double furnaces (right) with boilers, whose steam passes to cylinders (p, p)

Hydraulic coal cutting machine
2604098 Hydraulic coal cutting machine; (add.info.: Hydraulic coal cutting machine, named "The Iron Man", in position on rail track underground in a coal seam)

Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 6 (carbon pencil on tracing paper)
3088208 Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 6 (carbon pencil on tracing paper) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); 74.3x58.6 cm; Private Collection; © Liss Fine Art

Gold mine in Eastern Australia, 1896
3480419 Gold mine in Eastern Australia, 1896; (add.info.: Gold mine in Eastern Australia, Kalgoorie, 1896.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Science. Energy. Minors using an electric tractor. Imagery in: The wonder of Electricity, France, c.1910
2638709 Science. Energy. Minors using an electric tractor. Imagery in: The wonder of Electricity, France, c.1910.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Coll. Part.); Photo © CCI

Food and Beverage. Champagne making: Old chalk quarries tranformed in Champagne cellars around Reims
3434924 Food and Beverage. Champagne making: Old chalk quarries tranformed in Champagne cellars around Reims. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Science. Energy. Sorting of the ore by electromagnets. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity, France
2638737 Science. Energy. Sorting of the ore by electromagnets. Imagery from a series on the Wonder of Electricity, France, c.1910.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Coll)

The childhood home of Richard Trevithick
3586052 The childhood home of Richard Trevithick; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the childhood home of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer

Victorian miners excavating part of a Roman wall in London
3740691 Victorian miners excavating part of a Roman wall in London; (add.info.: Woodcut engraving depicting Victorian miners excavating part of an ancient Roman wall in London)

The Rubislaw Granite Quarry, Aberdeen, Scotland In The Late 19Th Century. From Our Own Country Published 1898
UIG5420334 The Rubislaw Granite Quarry, Aberdeen, Scotland In The Late 19Th Century. From Our Own Country Published 1898 ©UIG/Leemage

Richard Trevithick's locomotive
5308293 Richard Trevithick's locomotive.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive of 1804 for the Penydarren tram line)

An engraving depicting a slate quarry in North Wales. Three explosive charges were detonated
5310732 An engraving depicting a slate quarry in North Wales. Three explosive charges were detonated. Illustrated by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1792-1864) a topographical watercolour artist

The mouth of Odin's Mine, Derbyshire
5310115 The mouth of Odin's Mine, Derbyshire; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the mouth of Odin's Mine, Derbyshire)

Joseph Swan's combined battery-powered safety lamp
5310070 Joseph Swan's combined battery-powered safety lamp; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Joseph Swan's combined battery-powered safety lamp)

Marble quarries in Tyrol. Stonecutter Illustration of 1880 (engraving)
AIS5394056 Marble quarries in Tyrol. Stonecutter Illustration of 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; © Lorio / Iberfoto

A jigging machine at Fowey Consols Copper Mine
5311944 A jigging machine at Fowey Consols Copper Mine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a jigging machine at Fowey Consols Copper Mine, Cornwall)

An engraving depicting Thomas Savery's steam engine of 1699 for pumping water from mines
5311355 An engraving depicting Thomas Savery's steam engine of 1699 for pumping water from mines. Double furnace (right) with boilers, whose steam passes to cylinders (P, P)

View of the metal ore veins inside a so-called Stollart in a mountain with unusual parallel veins
FLO4727957 View of the metal ore veins inside a so-called Stollart in a mountain with unusual parallel veins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus

The sinking of HMS Audacious after striking a German naval mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland in 1914
3502731 The sinking of HMS Audacious after striking a German naval mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland in 1914, from The Pageant of the Century

The blowing up of H.M.S, Amphion by a German mine during World War One, from The History of the Great War, pub.c. 1919
3502831 The blowing up of H.M.S, Amphion by a German mine during World War One, from The History of the Great War, pub.c. 1919; (add.info.: The blowing up of H.M.S)

Quarries, pits and mines, sections of their drainage systems, and the Quendon barrow for carrying water
FLO4593601 Quarries, pits and mines, sections of their drainage systems, and the Quendon barrow for carrying water. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Drilling a mine shaft
2602807 Drilling a mine shaft; (add.info.: Drilling a mine shaft, northern France. Engraving, Paris, c1885.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 5 (conte carbon pencil on tracing paper)
3088061 Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 5 (conte carbon pencil on tracing paper) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); 50.8x48 cm; Private Collection; © Liss Fine Art

Chinese immigrant prospectors camp in the California Gold Rush, 1850s
NWI4712517 Chinese immigrant prospectors camp in the California Gold Rush, 1850s.; (add.info.: Chinese immigrant prospectors camp in the California Gold Rush, 1850s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Food and beverage. Salt quarry in Cardona, Spain. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434725 Food and beverage. Salt quarry in Cardona, Spain. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Food and beverage)

The childhood home of Richard Trevithick
3586050 The childhood home of Richard Trevithick; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the childhood home of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer

Calcining (roasting) tin ore, 1876 (engraving)
3478854 Calcining (roasting) tin ore, 1876 (engraving); (add.info.: Calcining (roasting) tin ore: Cornwall. Woman is feeding crushed ore through hopper into Calcining furnace below

Coal pit-head scene near Newcastle, England, in the late 18th century
865331 Coal pit-head scene near Newcastle, England, in the late 18th century.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Miners working metal deposits, 1869 (engraving)
863783 Miners working metal deposits, 1869 (engraving); (add.info.: Miners working metal deposits by means of descending levels, a method practised in Hungary)

The Miner: In background man is working at rockface, while another wheels trolley out of mine
531505 The Miner: In background man is working at rockface, while another wheels trolley out of mine. By Jost Amman 16th century (woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

Interior of Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England
538077 Interior of Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England; (add.info.: Interior of Marston Salt Mine, Northwich, Cheshire, England)

Striking it rich in a Nevada silver mine. The town was thrown into a state of extraordinary excitement
527960 Striking it rich in a Nevada silver mine. The town was thrown into a state of extraordinary excitement. Illustration by William Ralston for The Rich Time I Once Had by Mark Twain

Turtle (1787), submarine by David Bushnell (1742-1824) American inventor. Operator turned handle to work propeller
530647 Turtle (1787), submarine by David Bushnell (1742-1824) American inventor. Operator turned handle to work propeller. Air in vessel sufficient for it to remain submerged 30 minutes

The portal of the Salt Mine in Berchtesgaden
5308318 The portal of the Salt Mine in Berchtesgaden.; (add.info.: Print depicting the portal of the Salt Mine in Berchtesgaden)

Timucua Indian collecting gold, 1591 (engraving)
2435434 Timucua Indian collecting gold, 1591 (engraving) by Bry, Theodor de (1528-98); (add.info.: History. USA. Timucua indians collecting gold in the streams flowing down from the Apalachee)

Washing brown iron ore at the Shilovskii mine seven versts from the village of Makarovo, 1912

Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment

Work at the Bakalskii mine, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Work at the Bakalskii mine, 1910. A family, with shovels and horse-drawn carts, working at the iron mines in the Bakaly hills

Descent into the Anzherskaya mine, 1911. Creator: Kozlov
Descent into the Anzherskaya mine, 1911. From a collection of documents and photographs from more than thirty participants of the Russian Civil War in the Kuzbass

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"Unearthing the Depths: Tales of Resilience and Riches" Descending into the depths, coal miners in South Wales navigate the shaft lift with unwavering determination. At Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall, a miner stands proudly amidst the remnants of an industry that once thrived. Sweat-soaked brows and calloused hands tell stories of grit as miners work tirelessly at the coalface in South Wales. The golden allure of Carnon Stream Works in Cornwall draws prospectors seeking treasures buried beneath its flowing waters. A miner's faithful companion, a canary perched on his shoulder serves as a warning system against unseen dangers below ground. Captain Tom Gundry, an emblematic figure from Cornish history, showcases strength and prowess as a champion wrestler during the 1880s. In Rhondda's Gelli coalmine, echoes of hard labor resonate through time as generations toil for their livelihoods deep within its tunnels. Transported back to England's 1850s, we witness the arduous efforts undertaken by coal miners striving for progress and survival. Wheal Coates stands silently at sunset—a testament to Cornwall's abandoned tin mining legacy—its ruins whispering tales of past prosperity. Filling truck after truck with black gold, South Wales' coal miners contribute their sweat and sacrifice to fuel industries far beyond their reach. Bruce Bairnsfather's WW1 cartoon "A Miner Success" encapsulates both humor and camaraderie amidst challenging times underground. In these glimpses into mines across different eras and regions, we uncover stories etched within walls soaked with perspiration—the triumphs won through perseverance or fortunes lost amid shifting landscapes beneath our feet.