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The Blue Bird Mine was intermittently active for more than 90 years before closing permanently to mining in the early 1960s. In between active mining periods, the complex -- which sits near the edge of a quiet meadow with expansive views -- became a favorite "whistle stop" for tourists visiting the mountains on the Switzerland Trail Railroad in the early 1900s.

Aerial view of the Knoxville Mining Company, located on Route 150, 2 miles East of Knoxville, Illinois.

 

File Name: N-B423c

Date: circa 1950s

Genre: Negative

Rights: No known copyright

Preferred citation: Courtesy Galesburg Public Library Archives

 

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Aerial view of the Knoxville Mining Company, located on Route 150, 2 miles East of Knoxville, Illinois.

 

File Name: N-B423a

Date: circa 1950s

Genre: Negative

Rights: No known copyright

Preferred citation: Courtesy Galesburg Public Library Archives

 

Photos on Galesburg Public Library's Flickr page are low-resolution scans of photos for personal use. For high-resolution, or to get permission to publish, contact the archivist at archives@galesburglibrary.org or visit www.galesburglibrary.org

The mining industry is a potential threat to Sumatran orangutan habitat in a number of important areas, both directly by its own activities and indirectly by road access. It includes a major gold mine near the town of Batang and iron ore mining in the Alas valley, and planned development of coal mining in the hill forests inland of the Tripa swamps.

 

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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Teck Celebrity Pie Throw 2017. Photo credit: Bijan Dharas.

On our scenic drive through the mountains, we stop in the small town of Nederland to grab lunch and a pint. We pass by a mining museum with aging machinery rusting in peace outside. I enjoyed taking a few pictures after lunch before heading back to Denver.

  

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This 22" gauge compressed air Porter 0-4-0 loco is on display in the parking area in front of the tour office for the Homestake Mining Company. There is a smaller one elsewhere in town that I didn't have the chance to photograph.

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I like to take snaps of derelict places

A coal preparation plant (CPP) is a facility that washes coal of soil and rock, preparing it for transport to market. A CPP may also be called a "coal handling and preparation plant" (CHPP), "prep plant," "tipple," or "wash plant".

Image # kec0164a

 

Photographer: Unknown

Date Created: 1963

Physical description: 1 photographic print; 9.5 x 12 cm.

Repository name: Kern County Library

Contents description: 5-ton steam locomotive used in the Yellow Aster Mine in the early 1900s; gift of Big Butte Mining Co. in 1956. Photo shows locomotive sitting in museum yard at Randsburg

 

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According to the historic gold museum in Dahlonega, the gold found in North Georgia is considered to be some of the world’s finest, with a purity content of about 98%, higher than that later found in both California and Alaska. Because of this purity, mining was an integral part of Dahlonega’s economy and culture for many years. Mining started after Benjamin Parks found gold in 1828. However, as the years passed by, it became harder and harder to find the precious metal in streams and shallow digging. New ways to mine were developed, including digging deep mines into the mountains and using high-powered water cannons (like the one shown here). Hydraulic mining (using water cannons) wore down the mountain so that the miners could get to the gold ore; hydraulic mining, unfortunately, left huge, ugly gashes in the mountains’ sides.

 

Information found in the historical film shown at the Dahlonega gold museum shows that mining in North Georgia continued through the 1900s. In fact, in the 1930s, the mining business struck their wealthiest findings that ever the mines had produced. Graham DuGas, owner of the Calhoun mine, made a fortune in the early 1900s in the gold industry. However, the mines were all abandoned during World War II, when the men left to go fight.

-Photo by Katie Marie Stout

and some.... count those wheels! around 100 I think with a rig at the front pulling....

full title:

"Bogomil's Universe: Mining the Subconscious"

formerly listed as Untitled 2009

acrylic on canvas - 2009 - 23 x 30.5 cm

Last used around 1873 at Island Mine, Isle Royal. I was amazed at how well preserved this machine is.

Taken at the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum with my Nikon D70.

Teck Celebrity Pie Throw 2017. Photo credit: Bijan Dharas.

Aerial view of a strip mining operation by the Little John Coal Company.

 

File Name: N-C1110

Date: unknown

Genre: Negative

Rights: No known copyright

Preferred citation: Courtesy Galesburg Public Library Archives

 

Photos on Galesburg Public Library's Flickr page are low-resolution scans of photos for personal use. For high-resolution, or to get permission to publish, contact the archivist at archives@galesburglibrary.org or visit www.galesburglibrary.org

Arigna miners would lie on their sides in this space which was often water-logged. And then there were the rats...

Mining Equipment at Buckskin Mountain State Park on the Colorado River. Vegas Trip July 2008 (1) 551a

A coal mining risk assessment is a well-established procedure for determining whether a devel-opment site is in a high-risk area. It requires validating plan proposals for non-householder and commercial planning applications in a high-risk area for development proposals.

The coal mining risk assessment includes an assessment of the Coal Authority Mining Report. Also, a visit to the offices of the Coal Authority to assess mining plans, a review of modern and historical published geological maps, and a review of technical reports/memoirs. The other pur-pose of a coal mine risk assessment is to identify coal mine risks at the development site and de-velop a plan to ensure the safety and sustainability of the development site. Earth Environmental & Geotechnical's experienced team immediately revises your mining risk assessment. For more details kindly visit- www.earthenvironmental.co.uk/coal-mining-risk-assessment/

 

In Leadville, Co. is the Matchless mine of Horase Tabor for silver. He struck it rich but then in 1893 it all crashed.

Teck Celebrity Pie Throw 2017. Photo credit: Bijan Dharas.

This also is next to the Steam Boiler and I'll check this out more closely too.

Taken in the Durham Botanic Gardens.

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