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Holga 120N, Delta 400 @640 ASA, yellow filter, Finol.
Kallitype onto Hahnemühle Platinum Rag,
developer Rochelle salt/Sodium tungstate mixture.
Vor 250 Jahren begann man hier in Hürth damit Braunkohle abzubauen. Anfangs wurde diese Kohle ausschließlich zum Heizen benutzt. Man mischte die zerkleinerte Kohle mit Wasser zu einem Brei, preßte diesen in eine Form und ließ ihn trocknen. Die Geburtsstunde des Briketts, oder wie man in dieser Gegend sagt, des Klüttens. Das erste Klüttenwerk (von 1884) lag in unmittelbarer Nähe der Grube in Alt-Hürth. Als diese Grube ausgekohlt war, wurde die Kohle aus anderen Ortsteilen mittels einer Seilbahn hierher transportiert. Der Straßennahme „Klüttenweg“ erinnert an diese Seilbahn. Der rekultivierte Bereich der ersten Grube ist heute das Landschaftsschutzgebiet Hürtherberg, das ca. 300 Meter vor meiner Haustür liegt.
Lignite mining began here in Hürth 250 years ago. Initially, this coal was used exclusively for heating. The crushed coal was mixed with water to make a pulp, pressed into a mould and left to dry. This was the birth of the briquette, or as we say in these parts, ‘Klütten’. The first briquette plant (from 1884) was located in the immediate neighbourhood of the mine in Alt-Hürth. When this mine was exhausted, the coal was transported here from other parts of the town by cable car. The street name ‘Klüttenweg’ is a reminder of this cable railway. The recultivated area of the first mine is now the Hürtherberg nature reserve, which is about 300 metres from my front door.
Taken for Flickr Friday: #Clear
Since the weekly theme "Clear" coincides with the Spring 2026 Polaroid Week, I decided to shoot it with an instant film camera.
Polaroid Week Spring 2026
Day 1, Photo 2
Mosesgang (Moses passage): Former coal mine Reden, water basins that regulate the water management of the mining area.
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.....
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (German Zeche Zollverein) is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, and mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades, starting in the late 1950s, the two parts of the site, Zollverein Coal Mine and Zollverein Coking Plant (erected 1957–1961, closed on June 30, 1993), ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe. Shaft 12, built in the New Objectivity style, was opened in 1932 and is considered an architectural and technical masterpiece, earning it a reputation as the "most beautiful coal mine in the world".
Because of its architecture and testimony to the development of heavy industry in Europe, the industrial complex was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on December 14, 2001, and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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
This part of Bodmin Moor, near Minions, a few miles north of Liskeard, has the remains of three neolithic stone circles known as The Hurlers, as well as several individual standing stones such as the one pictured. They are thought to date from around 1500 BC. Although there have been many theories, no-one knows for certain what their purpose was.
Tin and copper mining took place throughout this area until early in the 20th century, and many of the engine houses and other remains can still be seen. The engine house in the distance housed a 50-inch pumping engine, installed in the 1880s. The mine shaft it served reached 720 feet and was part of the South Phoenix Mine. The engine house is now a visitor centre.
(141/365) A female Andrena haemorrhoa "Early Mining bee" about to enter her nest burrow in my garden. We have lots of these solitary bees as well as Red Mason bees, Ashy (Grey) Mining bees & Chocolate Mining bees all with associated Nomad "Cuckoo" bees that lay their eggs in the hosts nests HBBBT!
I'm pretty sure the bee is a mining bee, literally getting into its pollinating work. The wild geranium is a favorite flower of the mining bee, one of the early spring pollinators. Photo taken in Upper Hixon Forest, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Window reflections from Park City, Utah. Hundred yr. old glass in these windows.
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The scars of an old mining prospect are visible at the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon in The Bighorn Mountains, The prospect was in the Permian Phosphoria Formation but I don't know for what they were looking.
One of several ancient trucks once used in mining resting in Goldpoint, Nevada.
Happy Truck Thursday!
And more from the garden during the lockdown period. We are lucky to have a small garden which we enjoy tremendously at the moment. While looking for more motifs for new photos I noticed a few bees flying low over the grass and they turned out to be mining bees looking for a spot to dig a hole in the ground. Those solitary bees will then lay one single egg and add pollen for the larvae. Not easy to photograph as they were obviously not standing still for my camera ;-)
Quite happy to see that my standard walk-around tamron lens is good enough to image the little single eyes the bees have in the middle of their head!
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.
At Glendalough, Co Wicklow there is an old abandoned mining village. This rusty piece of equipment survives and must be there for a couple of hundred years
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.
One of the huge chambers inside Honister Slate mine, with the small wagon and tracks that were once used to remove the extracted slate from the mine. Piles of slate are still found in the chamber but are not of a quality good enough for roofing.
The German Mining Museum, founded in Bochum in 1930, is the largest mining museum in the world and, on the other hand, is a research institute for georesources and mining and mining archives. The museum has a demonstration mine with a rope simulator. The symbol of the museum, which can be seen from afar, the 71 m high winding tower can be climbed.
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.
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)
Old mining equipment under the Milky Way in Nevada City Montana. It was really dark and quiet and then some animal chased something else in my direction while growling like a cougar or something. I ran away.
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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