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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.....
Copper mining infrastructure, part of Phelps Dodge Corporation copper mining operation in Bisbee, AZ. Mining operations stopped in 1974. I believe these towers were used for some type of post-processing of the recovered slurry.
I continue with a summer theme mostly as i am painstakingly going through my image files. Readying for my transition to mac OS. So fed up am i by windows. Along the way i find an image suitable for a re: edit prior going back to dropbox.
As i write i am told that the first of our many crocuses has reared its head. Also from m my desk i saw a blue tit flying from out of our nest box. Exciting.
This image was shot i May 23
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Egg".
Shot with a Canon "E 50mm F 3.5" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
(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!
Rosedale was once a thriving area with the mining of iron ore. A railway ran around the whole dale. Now all that remains are the ruins of the old smelting kilns and a walking track which was once the railway. There is a wonderful farmhouse cafe deep in the dale which is very popular with walkers.
The death nell of the mines was in part to the General strike of 1926 when iron ore prices were very low and so Rosedale became unprofitable.
An interesting read of Rosedale can be found on Wikipedia. Follow link below.
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An Old Phone in a state of arrested decay in the Boone Store and Warehouse Bodie Ghost town - Bodie State Park - Bodie Ca
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
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.
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!
We pull up in our car alongside a train parked up, locomotives switched off. We came here last night, a train was sat here also, switched off. The crew were nervous of our presence with and our cameras and told us it had broken down. One of them leaned out of the engine room with a spanner and confirmed this. Again there are people inside, we are a little cautious but take pictures. The driver leans out of his window and shouts to us, we go over, and though he has no German or English he soon knows where we have travelled from. He signals us to wait. Shortly he leans out of the cab window again, pointing his phone down to us. It speaks through a translate app 'We will start the locomotive and you will make a video with your cameras' He waits for us to take our positions and then each unit is restated with plumes of smoke. A bus arrives and three get down out of the cab, its a crew change. The relieved crew are gone and the train restarts, uphill for a kilometre or so on the last leg up to the Bogatyr' mine.
2TE10M-2045 with transferring coal emptys from Ekibastuz 2 to the Bogat'yr' mine. May the 11th 2024.
Jane made a video and Sven took a picture:
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Bergbauwagen aus der Ingurtosu-Mine, Sardinien.
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Mining wagon from the Ingurtosu mine, Sardinia
Window reflections from Park City, Utah. Hundred yr. old glass in these windows.
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For those of us old enough to remember the old black and white TV show "Death Valley Days" brought to you by the Borax 20 mule team and hosted by Ronald Reagan.
Abandoned mining equipment along Warm Springs Road in Death Valley.
One of several ancient trucks once used in mining resting in Goldpoint, Nevada.
Happy Truck Thursday!
A short one-way unpaved road travels through colorful eroded badlands. Hiking a bit in the badlands reveals remains of mining trails and mines. Part of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi was filmed here.
Happy Saturated Saturday!
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.
The remains of an old mining village can be found at the top of the upper lake at Glendalough, Co Wicklow. Built in the 1800s, lead and zinc were mined there for over 100 years
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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This is the winding engine(1897!!). At the moment we were there, the machine was turned on for a demonstration.
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.
From the website:
In the early days of 1890, searching for copper, they struck GOLD! In 1981 the area was rediscovered by Terry & Don Robertson and today, the property is filled with vintage transportation: over 180 cars, trucks & motorcycles, including Studebaker’s and Harley’s. There is mining equipment, historic buildings and a Stamp Mill that was used for crushing the ore. You will also find a working sawmill and Blacksmith shop with gold panning and a petting zoo for the kids!
Thank you for taken your time to visit me, comments or faves are always much appreciated!
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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We have around 67 species within the Andrenidae family in the UK and I haven't quite worked out which one this is yet! To be honest, I'm not even 100% sure it is a mining bee. I'll update if my detective skills uncover its real identity :-)
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.
Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Why is World Parrot Day so important to this cockatoo?
In late 2021, the rare and striking palm cockatoo had its conservation status reclassified from least concern to endangered following a recent population drop. Major habitat loss has been cited as the primary cause of the species’ decline. Australia’s palm cockatoos are found only in the rainforests of Cape York Peninsula, at the northern tip of Queensland. Land clearing due to mining and worsening bushfires due to climate change are shrinking the species’ already limited viable habitat.
Making matters worse, the palm cockatoo has an unusually slow rate of reproduction. Females lay only a single egg every two years. Research suggests that chick loss to due predation results in palm cockatoo pairs only producing—on average—a single offspring every ten years. There are thought to be fewer than 1,500 birds remaining in the wild. (Source: www.aviculturehub.com.au/)
While photographing in the Cape York Peninsula in November 2022, we went out five nights in a row to look for these birds as they came in from a day of foraging. We were lucky to watch this particular male on several nights when he called loudly to claim his territory and bring in his mate. See flic.kr/p/2oEf6eG for a photo of the pair.
It was incredible being able to watch these birds on multiple evenings and witness a wide range of behaviors including the famous drumming they do with sticks and hard nuts; this behavior has earned them the nickname "Ringo Star."
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)