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Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Limburg, Heerlen, Dutch Mining Museum, Cap lamps (cut from B&T)
Rechargeable cap lamps at the Dutch Mining museum in Heerlen. They were mounted on the hard hats (caps) of the miners to enable them to see what they are doing in the suboptimal lit mines, The batteries ae probably of the NiCad type (but I can't rule out that they're traditional lead-acid ones).
The museum uses the shaft building of the decommissioned Oranje-Nassau 1 mine (once commonly known as ON1). I started up in 1899 and decommissioned in 1974. It's history is here.
The profitable mining in Zuid Limburg enabled Holland to build up the welfare state. But the region paid the price. Deep mining proved to be dangerous and sometimes even deadly. Many miners suffered from silicosis and other miner's diseases. And there were geological consequences such as the rising and falling of the ground of certain parts of the region and local earthquakes. And the highly polluted (asbestos, drilling emulsion) water from the decommissioned mines is rising, which will eventually reach the groundwater table. Check out this (sorry only Dutch).
From the early sixties onwards, the Dutch coal industry withered away and eventually was terminated due to the import of cheap American coal and the start of the exploitation of the Dutch natural gas fields in Groningen.
Another factor in this process was the big conversion from coal to oil as an energy source. A spectacular example is the conversion in the shipping industry from WW1 onwards. There were large cost savings in this conversion -among others on labour costs. And it sped up the world economy.
The mine closure caused severe social and economic problems in the region.
About the production of gas in Holland: every city / large municipality had its coal-gas factory (coal to gas conversion). Due to the Dutch natural gas availability, these factories with their typical large gasometers could be phased out – from 1963 to 1972, the Dutch Gasunie installed a nationwide underground natural gas transport network. This led to yet another conversion process. This time in the Dutch households. The burners in the water heaters, stoves and furnaces had to be changed ‘cause of the higher energy content (caloric value) of natural gas ánd the high pressure of the Gasunie network.
This is number 1207 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism
Literally a small mining tank with laser capable to cut chunks of rock. Usually it's controlled by driver/operator sitting inside armored cabin, but it can function unmanned (just let's pretend that "WALL" is a good name for a company, ok?).
Another build inspired by Hibernia and mining equipment, idea for a tracked mining vehicle with laser gun on it came from this MOC by Cap . I have a feeling that this machine does not fit into the criteria of the models typical for Febrovery, but I really like to construct more purposefully-built wheeled and tracked vehicles than usual rovers. And gosh, making these tracks in Studio is really annoying.....
A newly-emerged female Buffish Mining Bee (Andrena nigroaenea) in our Staffordshire garden.
There's been lots of solitary bee activity recently, but a significant fall of snow last night will have slowed them down a bit!
The north coast of Cornwall from the area around St Agnes down to Porthtowan was one of the main tin-mining areas in Cornwall. None of the mines are still open, and the remains of the industry are all around. Mining in Cornwall has existed from the early Bronze Age - around 2150 BC, and the last mine to be closed in Cornwall was at South Crofty, near Camborne, in 1998. There have been proposals to re-establish the industry due to the price of tin and other elements associated with it. However, I am not hopeful!
The green wind-sock in the centre of the picture is to assist those brave enough to step off the cliffs under a hang glider.
The radome on the cliff-tops just right of centre is at RAF Portreath, just beyond Porthtowan, and is a remotely monitored air defence radar station.
Some Slaves forced to mine for gold in the harsh heats of distant (country name here) Slavery can be harsh... And in this heat, rebellion is often frowned upon :P
Ruins of the upper tram terminal at the Homestake Mine hang on the side of Henderson Mountain in the New World Mining District outside Cooke Montana. The tram was used to carry the ore from the mine ion the mountainside to the mill which was in Fisher Valley below.
This mine can be traced back to 1885 when Sam Mathers filed a claim on what became the Homestake mine. Two years later, Mathers shipped 30 tons of ore from the mine to a smelter in Salt Lake City. The ore netted him $3,000 and encouraged him to continue work on the mine's three adits, numerous crosscuts and minor drifts. A shop and shed were constructed near the intermediate level adit. The gold and silver mine was one of 279 mining claims in the New World District and, along with the Alice E. and Daisy mines also on Henderson Mountain, was one of the most productive. A small tent camp, located below the mine may have been associated with the workings in the late 19th century. By 1894, mining at the Homestake had ceased in the wake of the Silver Purchase Act and the resulting national depression. By 1916, however, the Western Smelting and Power Company had purchased the claim, along with the Gold Dust claim, and planned extensive development of both mines. Located 700 feet below the Homestake, Gold Dust mining engineers and geologists expected to tap into the rich gold-copper veins exposed in the Homestake mine. In anticipation of the strike and the completion of the smelter in 1923, the company began construction of an aerial tram that connected the Homestake mine with the Gold Dust mine and the smelter, almost two miles away. At the time of connection with the aerial tram, the Homestake mine consisted of three adits and 700 feet of workings. Despite the predictions of the Western Smelting and Power Company planners, the ore body present in the Homestake mine was never struck by the Gold Dust miners. Both mines ceased operations by 1930. In 1948, the Parkmont Mining Company of Cooke City began a small open-cut mine on the Homestake claim and was recovering 70 tons of $11 ore daily by 1949. The open-cut was worked by a Koehring diesel shovel and a Sullivan wagon drill. By 1950, the underground workings were inaccessible
Window reflections from Park City, Utah. Hundred yr. old glass in these windows.
Leonard Cohen's Sisters of Mercy youtu.be/VT9k5NHCdvQ
One of several ancient trucks once used in mining resting in Goldpoint, Nevada.
Happy Truck Thursday!
When the Hebden Moor Mining Company began to exploit the lead veins of Bolton Gill in 1853, there was no track up Hebden Gill, the only access to the site from Hebden being up the Raikes to the left of Eddy's Barn at Hole Bottom onto the moorland pasture at the top, and then back down towards Bolton Gill.
Better communications were required, and in 1855 the company improved access from Hebden to Hole Bottom, which including cutting through the moraine at Scale Haw to ease the gradient.
However, they needed access to the other side of the beck from Hole Bottom to enable them to drive a track up the east bank of the gill. They applied in October 1856 to the Duke of Devonshire's agent, Stephen Eddy, to purchase a small plot of land on the west bank, and he, sensing a seller's market, offered to sell it for an extortionate £50, which the company declined.
By July 1857, the price had fallen to £15, and it was purchased. This enabled them to build the beautiful and iconic Miners’ Bridge, and hence drive their track up to the mine.
A Nice Early Departure On The L546 (Squamish Turn) Yielded A Nice Daylight View Here At Britannia Beach With The Mine Museum Looming Overhead. CN 8302 A EMD SD75IACC And CN 3398 A GE AC44C6M Roll Under Beautiful Low Hanging Clouds.
150253 passes the site of the former Lewis Merthyr colliery in the Rhondda Valley with a Treherbert bound Transport for Wales service back in 2019. Another shot that can no loinger be replicated today. 2T14 10:06 Cardiff Central to Treherbert.
What left of the family still lives in the farm house but the barn rots because the fields are now replaced with housing and a new highway.Eventually the family will be gone and it will all be razed for new housing. This is the way of things. Urban sprawl.
An unknown species of Mining Bee (Family Andrenidae) collecting pollen on a bed of flowers along the flood plain of the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
22 August, 2017.
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Another shot of the mine close to Dutch Settlement, Nova Scotia. Once again so pleased that taking the image through a wire fence doesn't show.
If you have an interest in past days and the gold mining in the area, across the Kawarau River gorge there are still remnants of the gold digger days. Some of these can be viewed at the Goldfields Mining Centre.
Steam from fresh pellets and the plant kilns envelopes the thousand footer Stewart J. Cort at Northshore Mining in Silver Bay. Shipping on Lake Superior will end around January 15 when the Soo Lock close for the winter (reopening March 25). The temperature when I grabbed this was mild, around 2 degrees.
Wheal Owles, Cornwall.
Work began on extracting tin and minerals at Wheal Owles in the 1850s. At its height it had 29 miles of levels and 11 steam engines at the site, a mile from St Just.
In an event which could have stepped straight from the pages of a novel, tragedy struck in January 1893 when flood water broke through the underground workings trapping one boy and 19 men. Their bodies were never recovered and the mine remained closed from that day. There is a plaque recalling their names on the wall of the engine house.
(extract from 'We Are Cornwall' website)
An Erie Mining C420 has air dumps of ore or perhaps overburden. We managed to work our way into some behind the scenes action on the Erie Mining. Cool stuff for sure and no one gave us a second look.
Deep in the mountain, the dwarfs are busy mining the sacred crystals of Ädelstenssjön.
Second entry for Summer joust, this time in the subterranean category. Tried to create an underground lake kind of vibe, hope you like it. youtu.be/ja7d3L5P3rA
DFS invites you to put on your helmet and grab your pick to start this new mining adventure.
These new items are available in the store, you can't miss this fun experience!
* DFS Mine - Ores
* DFS Mine Tool Cart
* DFS Anvil
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