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Perth is a mining town. Mining is a major source of revenue for Western Australia and hence the state is relatively wealthy and has the highest median household income of any Australian capital city. The picture shows the precinct at the ground floor for one of the major mining companies. This is repeated throughout the city with some lovely grounds
Recklinghausen II (Schächte 1/2/4), Recklinghausen 23.10.1989,
Schacht 4 (Konrad Ende).
Germany, ruhrarea
Žerjav is a small town in Slovenska Koroška which long time lived with its led any zinc mine. Its surrounding is completely devastated. Nowadays luckily the miner is closed and a museum can be visited there.
Locker room in an abandoned coalmine.
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GHH mining machine underground shovel, when they were introduced in the Monteponi mine, helped to make the work lighter and faster. He wouldn't mind seeing it displayed in a protected area and not exposed to the elements. A machine created to work indoors that ends its "career" outdoors. The most interesting part are the reinforcements made by hand welding along the entire profile of the blade of the shovel. Although not a certainly functional artistic work; this is proof of the mastery and skills that the staff had acquired in working in a mine like this.
Pala da sottosuolo GHH mining machine, quando vennero introdotte nella miniera di Monteponi aiutarono a rendere il lavoro più leggero e veloce. Non sabbe male vederla esposta in una zona protetta e non esposta alle intemperie. Una macchina che nasce per lavorare al chiuso che finisce al sua "carriera" all'aria aperta. La parte più interessante sono i rinforzi realizzati con saldatura a mano lungo tutto il profilo della lama della pala. Seppure non un lavoro artistico sicuramente funzionale; questo a riprova della maestria e delle competenze che il personale aveva acquisito nel lavorare in una miniera come questa.
I used Luminar 4 to process this middle of the day shot and make it an evening sunset. This shed and the mining machinery around it belong to the Long Tunnel Extended Mine in Walhalla, Victoria. In the forty years of its operation, the mine produced 13.7 tonnes of gold until it closed in 1911.
This series has been taken on a "Photo Light" event at the "Musée National des Mines de Fer Luxembourgeoises" (National Mining Museum): Tripod, multiple- long- exposures. No speedlite. Processed with Lightroom Classic and Aurora HDR.
Musée National des Mines de Fer Luxembourgeoises: www.mnm.lu
Musée National des Mines de Fer Luxembourgeoises: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mining_Museum,_Luxembourg
Walert (iron ore mine): lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walert
Walert (worker's song): youtu.be/y8J7cC8OggA
Røros, Norway
Røros has about 80 wooden 17th and 18th century buildings which have led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
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Sadly, the number of motives stays the same when you're doing urban architecture photography. Light and viewing angles, though, do not. Here's a view of the famous Zollverein mine headframe, part of the World Cultural Heritage site in Essen.
Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie. We've just released two Bodie workshops for June, 7 new ones for 2025: www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/workshops/
I suppose one of the advantages of being a bit cooler today was that some subjects were a bit lethargic. I found this lovely little Bee on a fence at Wilford Claypit today. I imagine it might be an Andrena species, but I've no real idea, any help with ID appreciated. I positioned a sheet of blue foam below the fence to give this Summer like feeling.
A 6 image focus stack using an F/10 aperture, ISO 320 and a 1/160 shutter speed.
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Multiwire marble. a technology that utilizes multiple diamond wire saws to efficiently cut and split marble blocks into precise slabs or tiles.
One last Andrena sp. for now, this one on eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis). This is presumably a different species from the previous two images, but identifying Anderna to species is a daunting task and I haven't made a real effort to try and figure these out.
Goldfield is the site of a 19th Century gold and silver mine near the Superstitiion Mountains in Arizona.
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The Ballarat Mining Exchange was built between 1887-9, and was used for trading of shares in mining companies during the gold rush. It still houses the Mining Exchange Gold Shop today.
The hills above Butte display 14 headframes, all that is left of the old copper mining operations. Butte was founded in as a mining camp in 1864 and quickly grew into an enormous copper boom town of close to 100,000. Current population is around 34,000. Mining generated billions of dollars in profits for the mine owners but has left the city with the nations largest Superfund cleanup site. Pit mining continues but unfortunately the public tours were closed as a result of the pandemic. There are lots of signs describing the mines served by the various headframes and commemorating the deaths of those who died in mining disasters. The city is preserving it's mining history.
Salt mining by hand on the Salar de Uyuni. The Salar is the world's largest salt flat and sits at 3653m on the Bolivian Altiplano. Bolivian Andes, Bolivia.
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Been operating on a couple of layouts in the last month. Here are a few images taken from a friends switching layout. It portrays a slice of life from the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s.
This fellow is taking a break from pollinating on a branch of wood littering the ground next to a patch of flowers at the Montreal Botanical Garden. I believe it is probably a mining bee (Andrena sp.), but any further information/confirmation would be welcomed. Quite the mustache on this one!
Pentax D-FA 100mm F/2.8 WR Macro plus Raynox DCR-250, with off-camera diffused Godox V850ii flash. Two-frame handheld focus stack. This bee is considerably smaller than a honey bee, I'd guesstimate roughly 10-14mm.
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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
A couple weeks ago, Wilbur and I went to look for the miner's camp of the Horseshoe Mine. Instead of finding the camp, we found the mine. Initially Wilbur wasn't interested in returning to unpleasant bushwhacking on the backside of Mailbox Peak, but I convinced him I knew where to look. So we went and found the camp fairly easily.
Not much is left of it. While the outline of the buildings are somewhat visible, no actual structure is standing. Just a few pots and pans, cans, bottles, washbasins, the base of a stove, parts of rusty bedsteads and a laundry sink are scattered about in the last stages of decomposition. One of the most interesting relics was the system of rusty pipes for bringing water from a nearby creek. We followed the pipes until they disappeared under a tangle of blown down trees. It also appears the camp may have been used by loggers who came about 10 - 20 years after the miners as there were a couple of rusty, twisted saws present as well as some truck engine components.
We ate lunch near the site of the camp and thought about what the surroundings must have been like during the era of mining from 1904 - 1909 when the hillsides were covered with old growth forests. We surmised the miners used mules and wondered how they cared for them on the steep slopes covered in trees. And we wondered about the difficulties of logging. We could see the springboard notches in the enormous decaying stumps around us. Both the miners and loggers lived challenging lives trying to extract a living from the earth.
PS: The mine and the camp are difficult to find. I had GPS coordinates but they were marginally helpful as the GPS coordinates we got onsite were different than the ones available on-line. Good luck if you try to go there. Creek crossing and bushwhacking steep slippery slopes criss-crossed in blow-down await you.
I called at the mining museum at Astley Green where I was made very welcome by the volunteers.
The steel lattice headgear for Number 1 Shaft is the only colliery headgear remaining in Lancashire. The structure, which is over 100 feet high, was built by Head Wrightson & Co. in 1912 and replaced the original wooden shaft sinking headgear.
Andrena sp. on Prunus caroliniana. Mining bees are among the most difficult bee genera to identify to species. If you're lucky enough to see a female, it is pretty easy to identify a bee as Andrena, as they carry pollen much higher on their hind legs than other bee species, often very close to the body.
Most Andrena species are early spring flyers. They built vertical tunnel like nests in the ground, and line them with waterproof secretions. Many Andrena species are oligolectic, or nearly so, specializing on just a few plant species. For this reason, observing the plants from which the females collect pollen can help identify the species.