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The town of Gold Hill, NC was once known for being in the middle of Carolina gold territory. Today it still is known for gold and other mining operations, and hosts NS P92 every week day to serve the mine along with other industries.
Thanks to the flatbed truck's driver for allowing me to gain some height for this photograph!
A wall mural in the old part of Ipoh, Malaysia showing tin mining activities in the Kinta Valley with a background of the famous karst or limestone hills. A mining dredge can be seen amongst other mining methods. This is one of seven wall murals in Ipoh painted by the Lithuanian street artist Ernest Zacharevic who became famous in Malaysia after his many works in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Georgetown, Penang.
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
On display at the Babbitt Mining Display, this former wooden Reserve Mining caboose sits next to the parking area. This caboose has an interesting history starting its life on the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range in 1944 and operated on the railroad until the 1970s. The caboose was retired by the DMIR proceeded by a purchase by the Reserve Mining Company where it became a safety car and outfitted to host safety meetings to railroad employees. Northshore Mining donated the car to the City of Babbitt in 1995.
An old mining building beside the Miner's Track, Llyn Llydaw, below Snowdon, Snowdon National Park, Gwynedd, North Wales
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From the road I spotted this which looked like it was from the same mining structure - some sort of metal and wood - this was no way I could had gotten closer - rats.
Loads of bee activity in our Stafforshire garden today, with dozens of these male Andrena mining-bee emerging and swarming about. I think it's Andrena nigroaenea; the Buffish Mining-bee.
This is up a bit north of Golden on the Peak to Peak road in late fall - I've found it fascinating n I bet just up the hill is more of it but the area has a keep out sign - sooo - besides after year's of being stagnate tree's have sprouted up.
Erie Mining 104 with the Taconite Trail stopped on the Manitou River Bridge on an early inspection trip of the mainline. Probably sometime in 1957.
The Quincy Mine is an extensive set of copper mines located near Hancock, Michigan. The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, although some activities continued through the 1970s. The Quincy Mine was known as "Old Reliable," as the Quincy Mine Company paid a dividend to investors every year from 1868 through 1920
Abundancia, a small arid planet, and the richest colony of the G.M.F. in terms of ores.
The Locusts can collect the crystals directly from the ground, then the miners can fill the Mammoths with this shiny loot.
I'm not sure which species of mining bee this is so any help with ID would be appreciated. I did wonder if it was Andrena flavipes (Yellow-legged Mining Bee).
Maybe a Yellow Legged - but not easy to tell when it's covered in pollen! RSPB Minsmere Digger Alley
There's no mistaking Broken Hill's heritage as a mining town. New mines are opening and the city is littered with relics from past mining endeavours.
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Klondyke Mill was an ore processing mill on the edge of the Gwydir Forest, near Trefriw, north Wales.
Constructed in 1900,[1] the mill was built to receive lead ore (and some zinc ore) from Pandora mine, some 2 miles away – with which its history is inextricably linked – this ore travelling along a tramway which followed the eastern shore of Llyn Geirionydd. The mill saw little usage; Pandora mine was never profitable after construction of the mill, and the mine ceased operation in 1905. Klondyke mill itself closed in 1911 after having a short succession of optimistic owners.
In the 1920s, the mill achieved notoriety as the scene of an elaborate money-making scam, when investors were sought for the Klondyke mine, which was allegedly rich in silver. It is this scam which gives the mill its current name; during its years of operation it was initially known as Geirionydd Mill, then as the New Pandora Lead Works.[1]
Today the mill lies in a ruined state, a tribute to the false optimism of the time, and is believed to be the largest upstanding building associated with lead mining in north Wales.[2] It is a registered ancient monument [3][4] and, despite its state of disrepair, is under the guardianship of Cadw, the only mine structure in the Gwydir Forest to be so designated.
La cité 9, dite SaintThéodore rattachée à la fosse 9 et le terril 74, Loos en Gohelle. | The miners' housing complex n.9, SaintThéodore, attached to pit 9 and Slag74. Built in 1920.
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The Lens Mining Company owned 8000 dwellings for the Lens-Lievin coal basin.
Mount Isa, Queensland from City Hill Lookout. Three years after blood screenings found 11 per cent of Mount Isa's children had lead poisoning, some with dangerously high levels of other metals, Xstrata has declared it won't be able to meet a deadline to clean up its emissions by next year. The Swiss-based miner is seeking a five-year extension to progressively meet the government-ordered targets over Mount Isa residences while it tries to deal with the problem, and a total exemption on emissions controls in a 20km zone to the west of the smelting operations. (Source: The Australian 09/06/2011)
Lead, copper and zinc mining operations have been active in the Mount Isa region in north Queensland, Australia since 1923. Xstrata assumed control of Mount Isa Mines in 2003. Prior to 1990, historic practices, such as uncontrolled releases of storm water from mining areas, donations of mine-site fill material for use in the community and a leak from the process water dam caused some areas of lead contamination in Mount Isa. (Source: Xstrata Zinc)
A view from the coast path, looking beyond Chapel Porth to Wheal Coates. One of the pleasures of the Cornish coast is the seasonal flora; the gorse is in flower right now, soon we will have sea thrift, then wild flowers, then heather. All we need is a little nice weather and less time at work, so as to enjoy it all ...
Pingang Mine at the north end of the Lishu system of the Jixi Coal Railway. The bright colours are typical of the larger Chinese mines.
A male Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria). I've spotted these locally, but haven't seen one in the garden yet. This male was at a large nesting aggregation in South Staffordshire.