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Mining is a global industry that underpins industrial development in many regions. It is a key sector not only because it is the source of essential raw materials, but also because it potentially leads to economic and social development, often in remote and poorly developed areas, due to its importance in national accounts, level of employment and influence of international markets, etc. Mining activities can also cause severe environmental degradation because of its location (almost all conceivable places, often with insufficient infrastructure), size and timescale. Potential negative impacts of mining operations include: * Energy and water consumption * Air, water and land pollution * Landscape alteration * Soil erosion * Destruction of river banks * Health & safety nuisance.
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I re-discovered this old rock-crusher engine the other day. I keep photographing it because its radiator is made of a, well, radiator! This engine is located near the old Whit-Roy mine.
An old wagon outside the Ravenglass railway museum which long before it was a tourist steam railway was used for transporting iron ore and stone along the Eskdale valley.
The Mining Tanker is built to go into in low underground tunnels to provide refueling needs for mining equipment.
This model was built for both the Lego Space Discord's Febroverary build challenge, as well as the Old Gray Bricks Discord's Color My Bricks contest.
Taken years ago in an abandonded mining area. This is the passage in which carts (correction here?) were travelling over.
I used my first ever DSLR, Sony A200 + 18-70
The Mining Tanker is built to go into in low underground tunnels to provide refueling needs for mining equipment.
This model was built for both the Lego Space Discord's Febroverary build challenge, as well as the Old Gray Bricks Discord's Color My Bricks contest.
The Ochre Trail in Roussillon is a good way to discover the geological phenomenon of the ochre sands.
Ochre is a natural pigment that is in the sandy soil which makes up the cliffs around Roussillon. Iron oxides colour the sands with shades ranging from yellow to violet. The mineral landscape reflects the effects of erosion and mining work done by man.
Two different trails, one short, one long take you through the ochre lands on a 30-minute or 60-minute walk.
An original geological formation
230 million years ago, Provence lay under the seas, and remained underwater for a long, long period.
Several thousand meters of sediments washed away from the surrounding land masses and slowly built up on the sea floor. This sediment later formed the white limestone so characteristic of this region – Mont Ventoux, the Luberon range, Sainte Victoire, Verdon canyon, the calanques etc.
Then, approximately 110 million years ago, the sea grew deeper. Grey clay formed a new sediment which deposited on top of the limestone, creating a formation which geologists later called the “Aptian stratotype” .
Little by little the sea filled in. The water became very shallow and turbulent, and green sand containing small mineral grains known as glauconite settled on top of the grey clay.
Then, approximately 100 million years ago, major upheavals took place in the land masses around what is now Provence.
After the long period of marine life, the earth shifted and the area that is now Provence found itself totally out of the water.
The climate was tropical at the time. Strong and steady rainfall leached the green sands from the newly emerged land mass. The rain slowly transformed the green sand into ochre sands, then into white sand in several long steps. First the groundwater produced by the heavy rains dissolved all the elements in the green sand except for the sand itself, which was highly resistant. The minerals in this solution, such as kaolinite and goethite, crystallised and filled the empty spaces between the grains of sand, creating the ochre sands.
The iron hydroxide concentrated on the surface, forming a hard, impervious layer similar to laterite.
The red, yellow and orange colours in the ochre sands continue to be somewhat of a mystery. We know that goethite is involved, but what mechanisms has nature applied to create such a profusion of shades? Our work continues !
The legend
Lady Sermonde and Lord Raymond d'Avignon lived in the castle in Roussillon. Guillaume de Cabestan, son of the Lord of Cabestan in the Hautes Alpes was taken on at Roussillon castle to work as a page and to apprentice to a knight in order to learn knightly ways.
Raymond d'Avignon, who was an avid hunter, preferred the company of his horses and huntsmen, and often left his wife alone. And with time, Dame Sermonde and Guillaume fell in love.
The young page’s songs became more insistent and obvious, and the domestics at the castle reported their suspicions to Lord Raymond d'Avignon.
Wanting to know more about the situation, Lord Raymond invited young Guillaume on a hunting party, and turned the conversation to his wife. So as not to betray Dame Sermonde, Guillaume told Lord Raymond that indeed he was in love, but with Dame Sermonde’s sister, Agnès.
To be sure, Raymond d'Avignon decided to travel to the nearby town of Tarascon, with Guillaume, in order to have confirmation of Guillaume’s story. Agnès quickly understood all that was at stake, and to save the two lovers, she played along. Dame Sermonde learned of her husband’s actions, and was both furious with his behaviour and indignant that her love for Guillaume went unacknowledged. She demanded that Guillaume tell their story in one of his songs.
Guillaume sang of their love and, hearing the truth, Raymond d'Avignon flew into a rage and took his revenge. During a hunting party, he stabbed Guillaume in the back, cut off his head, and cut out his heart.
He returned to the castle with the heart and had his cook prepare it with a spicy sauce.
Dame Sermonde delighted in the dish, until her husband informed her that she had just partaken in dining on the heart of her lover. "Seigneur”, she said, “you have given me such a good meal, that I never want to taste anything else again”.
Realising that his wife was escaping his control, Raymond d'Avignon drew his sword, but Dame Sermonde fled out of the castle to the edge of the cliff, and threw herself over the top. It is said that her blood coloured the lands all around, and that a spring gushed forth at the point where her fall ended.
The purple stuff is essential for making magnets. SkyCrane comes with alternate attachment for picking up the gray bin. It can also land on the second trailer for transport.
As seen at BrickCon.
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Had to get creative to maKe out the letters on the end but it says - MFD BY UNIVERSAL CRUSHER.CO
Yule Marble is a marble of metamorphosed limestone found only in the Yule Creek Valley, in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado, 2.8 miles (4.5 km) southeast of the town of Marble, Colorado.[1] First discovered in 1873, it is quarried today inside a mountain at 9,300 feet (2,800 m) above sea level, in contrast to most marble, which is quarried from an open pit and at much lower elevations.
Victor is a statutory city in Teller County, Colorado, United States. Gold was discovered in Victor in the late 19th century, an omen of the future of the town. With Cripple Creek, the mining district became the second largest gold mining district in the country and realized approximately $10 billion of mined gold in 2010 dollars. It reached its peak around the turn of the century when there were about 18,000 residents in the town. Depleted ore in mines, labor strife and the exodus of miners during World War I caused a steep decline in the city's economy, from which it has never recovered. The population was 397 at the 2010 census. There is a resumed mining effort on Battle Mountain.
Victor was founded in 1891, shortly after Winfield Scott Stratton discovered gold nearby. The town was named after the Victor Mine,[7] which may have been named for an early settler, Victor Adams. In 1892 Harry, Frank and Warren Woods founded the Mt. Rosa Mining, Milling and Land Company.[8][nb 1] Battle Mountain, located just above Victor, had the largest, most prolific mines in the mining district and the town became known as the "City of Mines." Victor officially became a city on July 16, 1894.[8] In 1894 the Woods brothers discovered gold when they began digging the foundation for a building, which resulted in the creation of the Gold Coin Mine. At that time 8,000 people lived in Victor.[8
Eureka is a museum of mining history. Situated on highway 50 about halfway between Austin and Ely, few other towns offer as much to the curious visitor as does Eureka. The year 1864 saw the discovery of lead-silver deposits as spectacular as any in the country. But there was a problem. Bi-metallic ore required refining methods and techniques not yet developed. The first plant built in 1869 was a failure. Another was built that was more successful and was the forerunner of even more advanced methods. The boom then began in earnest and continued until there were nearly 10,000 people in the town. About the time production began to decline, a railroad was brought into Eureka. Because of the town's central location in the state, it became a railhead for the whole area.
The Mining Tanker is built to go into in low underground tunnels to provide refueling needs for mining equipment.
This model was built for both the Lego Space Discord's Febroverary build challenge, as well as the Old Gray Bricks Discord's Color My Bricks contest.
Rushworth. Gold discovered there in 1853. Population 1,400.
Rushworth is one of those gracious old gold mining towns with faded charm and great interest. Its very wide main street with a central median strip has many historic buildings. As a gold rush camp in August 1853 it was known as Nuggetty but this was soon changed by the Gold Commissioner to Rushworth. Alluvial gold was plentiful in the gullies and where needed underground shafts were sunk up to 270 metres deep. In some places gold reefs were 2.5 metres thick and provided great success for diggers. At its peak Rushworth had 26 mines operating as well as alluvial diggings and it had a population of 40,000 people, mainly men. The town was quickly surveyed in 1854 and by 1858 it comprised a police camp, a wooden courthouse, five hotels, two breweries, a school, seven large general stores, two banks and a range of other shops including, butcher, baker, blacksmith, saddler etc. All were concentrated at the southern end of High Street. When the gold petered out in the early 1870s the town began to contract and decline. But a decade later it had reinvented itself as a timber milling town. The forests around the town were felled for railway sleepers and the eucalyptus tree leaves were used for a eucalyptus distillery. In the Main Street look for the former newspaper offices (1888) near the railway line. Also look for:
•Across the street the Post Office and the former Mechanics Institute building. Built in 1913 and now the local museum.
•The Glasgow building was erected 1858 as a wooden general store by a Scottish trader. His son rebuilt it in 1911.
•The band rotunda 1888.
•The Criterion Hotel 1856 the single story part on Wigg Street. The section on High Street was built in 1883. It has been a private residence since 1952.
•The Bank of Victoria. Built in 1883. Replaced a wooden bank erected 1866.
•The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 1883, their second banking building.
•The Imperial Hotel partially rebuilt in 1868 after a fire. Some parts date from 1854.
•Waranga Shire Hall. Architects were Vahland and Getzschmann of Bendigo. This Shire Hall was built in red brick in 1869 with additions to the west and south sides in 1883.
•The Courthouse built in Italianated style in 1877. The government architect William Wardell designed the Courthouse.
•St Pauls Anglican Gothic style Church 1871 and parish hall.
Elizabeth McCourt Tabor (1854 – March 7, 1935), better known as Baby Doe, was the second wife of pioneer Colorado businessman Horace Tabor. Her rags-to-riches and back to rags again story made her a well-known figure in her own day, and inspired an opera and a Hollywood movie based on her life.
Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, she moved to Colorado in the mid-1870s with her first husband, Harvey Doe, whom she divorced for drinking, gambling, frequenting brothels, and being unable to provide a living.
She then moved to Leadville, Colorado, where she met Tabor, a wealthy silver magnate almost twice her age. In 1883 he divorced his first wife, to whom he had been married for 25 years, and married Baby Doe in Washington, D.C
Mining is a global industry that underpins industrial development in many regions. It is a key sector not only because it is the source of essential raw materials, but also because it potentially leads to economic and social development, often in remote and poorly developed areas, due to its importance in national accounts, level of employment and influence of international markets, etc. Mining activities can also cause severe environmental degradation because of its location (almost all conceivable places, often with insufficient infrastructure), size and timescale. Potential negative impacts of mining operations include: * Energy and water consumption * Air, water and land pollution * Landscape alteration * Soil erosion * Destruction of river banks * Health & safety nuisance.
For any form of publication, please include the link to this page:
This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Lawrence Hislop
EMCO 7202 (ALCO RS11) loading in Erie's Area 1 pit. Nine cars with 85 long tons in each. The shovel is a Bucyrus 190B
April 1, 1973.
Mining is a global industry that underpins industrial development in many regions. It is a key sector not only because it is the source of essential raw materials, but also because it potentially leads to economic and social development, often in remote and poorly developed areas, due to its importance in national accounts, level of employment and influence of international markets, etc. Mining activities can also cause severe environmental degradation because of its location (almost all conceivable places, often with insufficient infrastructure), size and timescale. Potential negative impacts of mining operations include: * Energy and water consumption * Air, water and land pollution * Landscape alteration * Soil erosion * Destruction of river banks * Health & safety nuisance.
For any form of publication, please include the link to this page:
This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Lawrence Hislop
I discovered an admirer-er, that's not a stalker , says I've been trying to figure out what draws your interest, I saw you open your camera case, am enjoying my new adventure camera experience, well the conversation went like this,, They went to a lengthy process of replication late 1800 - early 1900, however some omissions, evidence, construction material, laminated wood products, electrified Kerosene lamp and door pulls knobs and such. Wow ! you are a history buff as well ! Have had experience in building and repair furniture, in DNA
As far as I know with the search I found very little info on the area. The town just below is Georgetown and named after a guy which was the Silver Queen of the area. This area was some sort of mill - seen a date of 1920 on time but couldn't find that info again. A known fact that a railroad ran up this valley I find it hard to believe on the lack of info for a structure thats some size.