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Mining Bee with golden haired pollen baskets, but no pollen so far. The pov makes this one look a bit bumbly, but I didn't get another shot. Super to see these and sorry to say I am so looking forward to their parasitic Nomadas!
Looking out at the entrance to the Bon Ami mine at the Emerald Village. The sheer size of these mines are stunning and an lasting monument to the men who carved them.
Sometimes mining companies prefer to buy the support of local officials or influential groups, but this approach alienates local populations.
The Georgetown Loop is a 3-foot narrow gauge heritage railroad that travels a distance of 2 miles scaling an elevation of 640 feet over mountainous terrain, requiring trestles, cuts, fills, loops, and curves totaling 4.5 miles between Georgetown and Silver Plume. The line was originally constructed in 1884 for the Colorado Central Railroad route from Denver to the Clear Creek mining region, serving miners and their families and later an increasing number of tourists. The successor Colorado & Southern Railway abandoned the loop and the depot in 1939, but both were restored and reopened in 1984.
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part of what is now a huge storage warehouse in park city, utah, this tower has been perched on this moutainside for over 100 years. though not in use anymore, this rusting tower is a beautiful nod to the mining days of the rocky mountains.
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The National Mining Museum Scotland was created in 1984, to preserve the physical surface remains of Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland. The colliery, sunk by the Lothian Coal Company in 1890, came into production in 1894. It was nationalised in 1947 with the formation of the National Coal Board, and had closed in 1981.
The buildings were recognised as being of outstanding interest as they formed an almost complete survival of a major Victorian colliery, with later additions. Some demolition, such as the 1950s canteen and medical centre, has occurred but the vast bulk of the structures stand. The winding engine is by Grant, Ritchie and Company and the colliery headstocks were built by Arrols of Glasgow. From 1998 onwards several of the main structures were stabilised and new visitor facilities opened. [Wikipedia]
Alaverdi (Armenian: Ալավերդի) formerly Manes, is a city situated in the northeast of the Armenian province of Lori, not far from the border with Georgia. This mining and industrial city with approximately 16,500 inhabitants -down from 26,300 of the 1989- situated at the bottom of the Debed river gorge, is one of the commercial and industrial centres of the district. It is situated at the only direct rail link between Armenia and Georgia.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Frontierland
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Anaheim, CA
March 5, 2012
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Not really mine, but an early birthday present for Jools, a 30th anniversary edition of Soul Mining. Both discs on 180gm vinyl, and sounding superb, includes artwork and a bonus 12" of remixes which sound stunning, which also does not feature the bloody plinky plonk of Jools bloody Holland.
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This lavish boxset celebrates the 30th anniversary of The The’s major label debut album, Soul Mining, originally released in October, 1983. The re-packed and expanded version contains an authentic reproduction of the album, with newly remastered audio from the original master tapes (overseen at Abbey Road by Matt Johnson), as well as an extra 12” gatefold vinyl of alternative versions and remixes..
The remastered audio has also been dubbed from new vinyl test pressings recorded from Matt Johnson’s original 1982 Thorens TD-147 gramophone player using patent ‘Dubbed-From-Disc’ technology, obtainable via a download code contained within the boxset. The boxset also includes a unique ‘news-poster’ containing extensive notes written by Matt Johnson that detail the making of the album.
Disc: 1
1. I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow (All Of My Life)
2. This Is The Day
3. The Sinking Feeling
4. Uncertain Smile
Disc: 2
1. The Twilight Hour
2. Soul Mining
3. Giant
Disc: 3
1. Uncertain Smile
2. Perfect
Disc: 4
1. This Is The Day
2. Fruit of the Heart
3. Perfect
4. I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow (All Of My Life)
www.amazon.co.uk/Mining-Anniversary-Deluxe-Edition-Dubbed...
after driving for almost 10 hours we finally catch up with this loaded ore train headed towards the ore docks back in 2001
The MKC Objective Individual Utility Firearm is an OICW fit to several unique purposes. With a .50cal Carbine beneath a 30mm caseless GL, destructive power is the best purpose it can serve.
After the usual bulk amount was sold and shipped out to military forces, the weapon caught the eye of a Defense Ambassador from planet Byrus who was sitting in on a demonstration. He immediately referred it to the Byrus Mining Ambassador, who purchased 1,500 specialized units on his planetary and inter-planetary mining budget.
The weapon was then re-fitted to serve a greater purpose towards the miners. To start with, an incredibly small yet dense suppressor was added for the sole purpose of keeping the miners from going deaf from the reverberated sound of .50cal rounds bouncing off of cave walls. Then a muzzle break was attached to the launcher to increase the velocity of the grenade ordinance. Several extra grips were added across the side to accommodate the large hands of the miners, and a visual round counter was added to the grenade launcher. Finally, the weapon was re-colored to the traditional Byrus Safety Pink, and a simple, rugged night vision display was added.
The miners greatly appreciated the weapon, as it helped them to defend themselves from the monstrosities which inhabit areas below the surface of many planets. Also, the grenade launcher came in handy for blasting at loose rock.
I found this little mining bee (Andrena sp. - Andrena praecox? or Andrena bicolor?) in my backyard yesterday.
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Timeline illustrating major initiatives to improve mine waste management and reported tailings dam failures (data from Chambers 2015 and WISE 2017)
Numerous well-conceived initiatives have, over the past decades, made recommendations to improve mine waste management.. Examples include the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project (MMSD 2002 and Buxton 2012), the World Bank Extractive Industries Review (Salim 2003) and the 2001 ICOLD report. Franks et al. (2011) developed a set of sustainable development principles for the disposal of mining and mineral processing waste. Most recently, the ICMM produced a specific tailings-focused report (Golder and Associates 2016) and a position statement on preventing the catastrophic failure of tailings storage facilities (ICMM 2016). National industry bodies, such as the Mining Association of Canada, also produce guidance on tailings management, which their members are required to follow (MAC 2011). However, despite all these guiding principles and recommendations, major failures are still occurring and are predicted to continue (Bowker and Chambers 2015).
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Three Tawny Mining Bees were setting up home in the garden last night. Two were digging holes and the third was flying round, checking us out and then landing, sometimes doing a little bee dance. By the time it was too dark to watch anymore one bee had worked really hard and dug a good size hole, the second had excavated several little shallow holes and the third was still on lookout. Unfortunately all this activity started when it was already quite dull in the garden.
Tongo, Sierra Leone — In the diamond field-rich district of Kenema in the southeast of the country, a handful of twenty-something men with soiled and shredded rags for t-shirts bend over at the waist, and toil knee-deep in a caramel pool of mud. Lined along the waters' edge, situated an arms-length apart from one another, they splash circular sieves into the water then shake the contents from side to side with a vigorous rhythm in hopes of finding a diamond. This is a small-scale diamond mining operation called alluvial mining. Working in small cadres on mines with crude tools is a popular profession among men here in the Kenema District, but the pay is poor and the rewards seen are seldom or infrequent, at best. The workers only get paid when the diamonds are found. The middlemen who buy the stones from the miners prosper the most. Rebel forces from Liberia and Sierra Leone used diamonds to fund their wars -- gems for guns -- between 1990-2001. This trade led to the reputation of the Blood Diamond. Diamonds now must be certified by the government of Sierra Leone.
Photo by Geoff Bugbee, courtesy of Heifer International
Audrey Headframe Park
Jerome, Arizona
Arizona Republic - March 27, 1962
Fifty-Year-Old Vehicles Displayed in Jerome
Why Were Locomotives and Ore Car Left in Mine Tunnel Since 1908?
Two electric locomotives and one ore car were put display on recently were put on Main Street. The locomotives, "motors" to the miners, and the ore car are 36-inch gauge, the same size track used by the narrow gauge railroad that traveled between Jerome Junction and Jerome beginning in 1984 The motors and cars were uncovered recently when the Big Hole Mining Co. opened a southwest drift in the course of its open-pit operation.
Many questions bounce about and come up unanswered. Why weren't the motors and cars were they left scrapped when the smelter was dismantled? Why in the underground workings? Were they cut off in a mine shaft cave-in? Were they forgotten for almost 50 years? [photographers note: this is extremely common, most cumbersome equipment was abandoned underground after mine closure. It was often assembled underground and getting it out was not worth the trouble or scrap value.]
The motors are not completely a puzzle, however. One motor was between 1905 and 1908. Using the factory motor for a sample, the second motor bought was built at the mine.
Locomotives and Ore Cart-250-volt trolley-powered mine locomotive using 36-gauge rail. Top speed 8 MPH
Coal Sample: the coal was attached to a "rib" which is the solid coal on the side of any underground passage such as the side of a pillar or the wall of an entry.
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A view of Iron Ore mining in Kudremukh National Park of Karnataka state, in south-western India's Western Ghats.
You can see the hill tops exposed to elements, devoid of vegetation and grass cover. Below flows the Bhadra River.
The mining activity in the Park has STOPPED, due to the help sought by Karnataka's wildlife activists with India's judicial system.
GEAR: Nikon FM10 SLR, Nikkor 35 - 70mm lens, 35 mm Slide film
SCANNER: Scanned CanoScan U1250 flat bed scanner.
ABOUT WESTERN GHATS:
Western Ghats, or Sahayadris as they are known in many Indian languages, are a 1600 km long chain of mountains that run parallel to the Arabian Sea in peninsular India. They give birth to almost all the major rivers of south India. These rivers provide drinking and irrigation water for more than 250 million people. The 'Ghats' are one of earth's designated 25 Bio-diversity 'Hot Spots'. They are home to some of earth's rarest flora and fauna and most spectacular landscapes. To know more, please visit www.westernghats.info
Red enamel lapel badge showing design in gold of two thistles, two ears of corn and a piece of mining machinery. "NUM" (National Union of Miners) printed in gold at top and "SCEBTA" (the Scottish Colliery Enginemen, Boilermen and Tradesmen's Association) at bottom. Triangular shape, gold coloured metal.
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Copyright: West Lothian Council Museums Service.
If you would like more information about this object, please contact: museums@westlothian.gov.uk, quoting WLCMS1997.007.001