Mining Collection (page 9)

Engraving depicting a lead miner from Durham going to work
5309173 Engraving depicting a lead miner from Durham going to work; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a lead miner from Durham going to work)

Richard Trevithick's Catch-Me-Who-Can Locomotive of 1808
5310312 Richard Trevithick's Catch-Me-Who-Can Locomotive of 1808; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Richard Trevithick's Catch-Me-Who-Can Locomotive of 1808)

Chinese Engineering and Mining banknote, 1902
5306740 Chinese Engineering and Mining banknote, 1902; (add.info.: Chinese Engineering and Mining banknote. issued in 1902. 1902); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting a miner digging coal with the aid of a Day lamp, 19th century
5310992 An engraving depicting a miner digging coal with the aid of a Day lamp, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1833); Universal History Archive/UIG

Richard Trevithick
3586049 Richard Trevithick; (add.info.: Portrait of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

English adventurers preparing an expedition to the gold mines of Cuba, 1500s
NWI4712561 English adventurers preparing an expedition to the gold mines of Cuba, 1500s.; (add.info.: English adventurers preparing an expedition to the gold mines of Cuba)

Prospectors in camp during the California Gold Rush, 1850s
NWI4712525 Prospectors in camp during the California Gold Rush, 1850s.; (add.info.: Prospectors in camp during the California Gold Rush, 1850s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Illustration depicting the uncovering of the prehistoric past
3522058 Illustration depicting the uncovering of the prehistoric past; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the uncovering of the prehistoric past. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Nobel Brothers oil wells at Baku, Azerbaijan, 1916 (chromo)
2603892 Nobel Brothers oil wells at Baku, Azerbaijan, 1916 (chromo); (add.info.: Nobel Brothers oil wells at Baku (Baky or Baki), Azerbaijan, on the Caspian Sea

Raising platinum - bearing gravels from river beds, 1916 (chromo)
2603893 Raising platinum - bearing gravels from river beds, 1916 (chromo); (add.info.: Raising platinum - bearing gravels from river beds such as that of the Tura and other rivers in the Urals)

Women packing dynamite cartridges, 1888. Explosives factory at, Val Bormida, near Cengio, North West Italy
538432 Women packing dynamite cartridges, 1888. Explosives factory at, Val Bormida, near Cengio, North West Italy. From La Nature, Paris, 1888

High Level Bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle, built by Robert Stephenson between 1846 and 1849
538629 High Level Bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle, built by Robert Stephenson between 1846 and 1849; (add.info.: High Level Bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle)

Harrington Pit Mill Colliery. Early 19th century (engraving)
538570 Harrington Pit Mill Colliery. Early 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Pit head, showing steam engine house, the energy source for winding gear which superseded the horse whim (left)

Seaham Harbor, 1835 England, UK
864404 Seaham Harbor, 1835 England, UK; (add.info.: Seaham Harbour, County Durham, England. Loading a sailing vessel with coal)

American miners working, 1899
1579885 American miners working, 1899; (add.info.: Illustration depicting American miners working. Created by Kurz and Alison Art Studio. Dated 1899.); Universal History Archive/UIG

American miners working, 1899
1579883 American miners working, 1899; (add.info.: Illustration depicting American miners working. Created by Kurz and Alison Art Studio. Dated 1899.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Text of the miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849
1575230 Text of the miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849; (add.info.: Text of the miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849)

Richard Trevithick
3586051 Richard Trevithick; (add.info.: Portrait of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A horse-drawn ore train
5311946 A horse-drawn ore train; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a horse-drawn ore train at the surface of a Cornish tin mine. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

An inclined plane at the Wheal Friendship mine near Tavistock
5312006 An inclined plane at the Wheal Friendship mine near Tavistock; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an inclined plane at the Wheal Friendship mine near Tavistock, Devon)

An engraving depicting the bottom of a pit shaft showing the corves being sent to the surface
5311243 An engraving depicting the bottom of a pit shaft showing the corves being sent to the surface, a pony drawing clear corves back to the coal face and, left

A woodcut engraving depicting the draining of a mine that uses a series of suction pumps powered by a water wheel
5310952 A woodcut engraving depicting the draining of a mine that uses a series of suction pumps powered by a water wheel, 16th century; Universal History Archive/UIG

Female pithead workers
2602804 Female pithead workers; (add.info.: Female pithead workers, Creusot coal mines, eastern France. Engraving, Paris, 1885.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Precious Metals in Imperial Russia, 1890
2902737 Precious Metals in Imperial Russia, 1890; (add.info.: Precious Metals in Imperial Russia, 1890.); Buyenlarge Archive/UIG

Mineral Map of Mexico, 1885
2902261 Mineral Map of Mexico, 1885; (add.info.: Historic map of Mexico with Minerals, Mines - Mining. Printed in Spanish.); Buyenlarge Archive/UIG

A female labourer at a tin mine
5310067 A female labourer at a tin mine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a female labourer at a tin mine in the St Just area of Cornwall)

American miners working, 1899
1579879 American miners working, 1899; (add.info.: Illustration depicting American miners working. Created by Kurz and Alison Art Studio. Dated 1899.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849
1575247 The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849; (add.info.: The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849. 14 scenes of lives of pioneer gold miners, including camp life)

The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849
1575236 The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849, 1849; (add.info.: The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849. Scenes of gold miners crossing the great plains in 1849)

Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust
536121 Argonauts finding the Golden Fleece, a fleece placed in a spring by the Colchians to collect alluvial gold dust. 1556 (woodcut from Agricola De Re Metallica)

The Californian Balloon Railway, a novel way of travelling to the Californian Gold Rush
533989 The Californian Balloon Railway, a novel way of travelling to the Californian Gold Rush. Cartoon from Punch London 1849

Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, United Kingdom
863930 Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, United Kingdom; (add.info.: Hurlet alum mine near Glasgow, Scotland, showing miners extracting ore. Light is provided by candles fixed to their helmets)

Humphry Davy, chemist
672749 Humphry Davy, chemist; (add.info.: Humphry Davy - engraving Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet, (17 December 1778 - 29 May 1829) was a British chemist and inventor); Universal History Archive/UIG

General pit head scene showing engine house for steam engine, head gear etc. and cross sections of a coal mine
538566 General pit head scene showing engine house for steam engine, head gear etc. and cross sections of a coal mine. Engraving 1860; (add.info)

Steam winch with steel wire. Steel wire for deep-sea dredging. 1880
3522400 Steam winch with steel wire. Steel wire for deep-sea dredging. 1880; (add.info.: Steam winch with steel wire. Steel wire for deep-sea dredging was first used on the Blake')

The Turon Gold Field in New South Wales
5311930 The Turon Gold Field in New South Wales; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Turon Gold Field in New South Wales: the man in the left of the picture is raising a bucket of soil which will be)

A sectional view of Devon Great Consols Copper Mine
5311945 A sectional view of Devon Great Consols Copper Mine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a sectional view of Devon Great Consols Copper Mine. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting the digging of alum from crystallising pans, 19th century
5311338 An engraving depicting the digging of alum from crystallising pans, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1860); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting a slate quarry in North Wales, 19th century
5310738 An engraving depicting a slate quarry in North Wales, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1815); Universal History Archive/UIG

Davy's safety lamp
5309957 Davy's safety lamp; (add.info.: Davy's safety lamp, showing the flame surrounded by metal gauze. 1881.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Engraving depicting miners descending to the working level in a lead mine in the Harz Mountains, Germany, 19th century
5309174 Engraving depicting miners descending to the working level in a lead mine in the Harz Mountains, Germany, 19th century; (add.info)

Engraving depicting a lead miner from Durham going to work
5309172 Engraving depicting a lead miner from Durham going to work; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a lead miner from Durham going to work)

Richard Trevithick's locomotive
5308292 Richard Trevithick's locomotive.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive of 1804 for the Penydarren tram line)

Plan of a coal mine in the 19th century, from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures by Charles Tomlinson
5242668 Plan of a coal mine in the 19th century, from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures by Charles Tomlinson

USA, Californian Gold Rush, engraving, 1850
2603972 USA, Californian Gold Rush, engraving, 1850; (add.info.: Washing for gold, California, c1850. The Californian Gold Rush begand in 1849. Wood engraving)

Pit pony pulling a coal wagon on rails
2602806 Pit pony pulling a coal wagon on rails; (add.info.: Pit pony pulling a coal wagon on rails underground in a Welsh coal mine. Engraving, Paris, 1885.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Coal cutting machine on rails, 1880 (engraving)
864509 Coal cutting machine on rails, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coal cutting machine on rails, powered by compressed air produced by a steam engine at the pithead)

American miners working, 1899
1579880 American miners working, 1899; (add.info.: Illustration depicting American miners working. Created by Kurz and Alison Art Studio. Dated 1899.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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"Unearthing the Depths: A Glimpse into the World of Mining" In this captivating snapshot, we witness a remarkable contrast between two worlds. Adrian Street, the renowned Welsh professional wrestler, stands proudly beside his father - a coal miner. The image captures their bond and serves as a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made by countless miners in pursuit of livelihoods. Transporting us back to 1893, Dolcoath Mine in Camborne, Cornwall emerges from history's depths. This iconic mine symbolizes an era when mining was at its zenith; its towering structures loom over the landscape like guardians of industry. On another shore lies Trevaunance Beach at low tide in St Agnes, Cornwall on that fateful day - perhaps July 20th, 1910. Here we find traces left behind by those who toiled beneath our feet; remnants washed ashore serve as silent witnesses to their laborious endeavors. Returning once more to Dolcoath Mine in Camborne during its heyday transports us further into this narrative. We can almost hear the rhythmic clinks and clangs echoing through time as miners tirelessly extracted precious resources from deep within Earth's core. A glimpse into Geevor Tin Mine in Pendeen reveals determined faces etched with determination and resilience. These individuals embody the spirit communities across generations - unwavering dedication despite challenging conditions. Venturing beyond Wales' borders takes us to South Wales where coal miners brave treacherous conditions at the coalface. Their unwavering commitment fuels industries far and wide while reminding us of their indomitable spirit amidst darkness and danger. Shifting gears towards Perranarworthal in Cornwall brings forth images of gold gleaming under Carnon Stream Works' watchful eye. This scene reminds us that mining is not solely about extracting fuel for industry but also unearthing treasures hidden within nature's embrace.