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Full view of this ore processing system built in 1902 but folded in 1905 cause of improper management but word has it the ore is still here.
A Lee-Norse continuous miner and Joy electric shuttle car share the stage at the American Industrial Mining Co. display at the National Pike Steam, Gas and Horse Association 2018 summer show.
Hasselblad SWC
Fujicolor Pro 400H
Found these 2 Mining or solitary Bee's in my garden today. ID uncertain possibly Andrena or Lasioglossum species but so many of them expert advise needed please, (9 pages of them in the book). Both have another view of same Bee in comments
This is a parasitised Andrena mining-bee that's been attacked by Stylops, one of the Strepsiptera or twisted-wing flies. I think the bee is probably Andrena scotica but the effect of being stylopised gives the bee an odd inter-sex appearance.
The mature female form of the parasite can be seen protruding out between the abdominal segments.There's a second one out-of view on the other side. The females look more like a flattened larva and have no eyes, legs or antennae. They do not leave the bee. The males (even though of bizarre appearance) are more typical and emerge from the bee and fly off looking for another stylopised bee so that they can mate with the female parasite.
Lego Technic Mining Shovel - TEREX RH400 SBrick version
Built by OneMoreRobot November 2014 - March 2015
Designed by Sheo
Custom engraved tiles by Chrome Block City
Control technology by SBrick
SBrick interface by OneMoreRobot
In 1930, however, the Yule-Colorado company was awarded the most prestigious marble contract of the time—that of the block for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. After two failed attempts to quarry a “perfect” block the third try succeeded. This was, at the time, the largest block of marble ever quarried in the world. It then took workers another 4 days to get this 56 ton block of marble down the mountain. The block was loaded onto a rail car and shipped to Vermont for cutting and then to Arlington Cemetery for carving, where it still resides today.
The Yule Marble quarry closed in 1941 as a result of declining demand and the entry of the United States into WWII. Much of the equipment and railroad was scrapped and used in the war effort. The population of Marble continued to decline…down to a population of 1 in the 1950s (schoolteacher Teresa Herman). But the beautiful valley did not remain a ghost town for long, attracting tourists, retirees and even a failed ski area development in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1990 the quarry was reopened. For a list of the buildings and monuments using Colorado-Yule marble, please click the following link: www.dfohgfddhojhdd
The story of Marble is closely connected to the marble quarry and finishing mill. A large part of that story is the far-sightedness and determination of those who pursued their dream and produced some of the most beautiful and meaningful monuments in the country that stand as an inspiration to all of us.
An old mining place, it's on CR 119 I forget the excat location buy I pass it on the was to Estes Pk.
I think it is a mining bee. .let me know as it is the first one i have seen in Goffs Park. Not the sharpest shot in the world, but it was a first for me.😊
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Sepia treatment of old mining buildings and chimney in Ravenswood with texture added. Historic gold-mining district from 1868 onwards.
The clean white marble deposits of the Yule Creek were first discovered in the late 1870’s. Minor quarrying occurred between that discovery and the early 1900s. Major development occurred in 1905, when Col. Channing Meek, with some help from the Rockefellers, raised $3 million to develop the Colorado Yule Marble Quarry. (That is $50 million in today’s dollars.) Some of the words used to describe the marble deposit were “gigantic, remarkable, flawless and immense.” Boosters proclaimed: “The marble age is here.” Dreams were big for Marble.Soon large numbers of blocks began coming down the 3-mile long wagon road to the town of Marble. The quarry elevation is 9,500 ft, and is cut into a very steep mountainside. Mine development was not easy, and even in the present day, with newer methods and transportation, remains a challenge.
(Andrena cineraria) One of the most distinctive solitary bees with striking black and grey/white markings. Female Ashy-mining bees excavate small tunnels in the earth to make their nests.
I have never seen one of these before, this one was in the garden.
More info can be found at: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/ashy-mining-bee/
© Mike Broome 2021
This mine once belong to a family but decided to the let Boulder County, Colorado to take it over and is now on the Historical List. This is the area the the auto engine was used to lift and lower stuff down the mine. This was on a tour of the area - we could look in but not get inside the building.
The heart of Rio Tinto Borates' business is the open-pit mine in Boron, California, one of two world-class borate deposits on the planet. Company founders began mining borates in 1872. What began as an underground mine was transformed into an open pit mine in 1957.
The mule teams that hauled borates out of our original mines in Death Valley are long gone, but the symbol endures in the 20 Mule Team Borax® product brand. In the marketplace, this brand is the mark of superior product quality and consistency, supply reliability, technical support and service.
Rio Tinto Borates mines approximately three million tonnes of borate ore every year from the Boron mine. It produces nearly half of the world's supply of refined borate products.
The mine measures 2.8km wide, 3.2km long and is up to 230m deep. More than 80 different minerals are found at this geologically unique site, including the four boron based minerals in greatest demand by industry: tincal, kernite, ulexite and colemanite.