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In Explore, 2 June 24. Quite unexpected. Genuine thanks to all who view, fave, or comment.
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.
Replica whim gin for mine winding at the Beamish open air museum. These were used extensively in the coal industry across Britain until steam winding became widespread.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Pleasley Coal Mining Museum, near Mansfield, UK. The South Engine, built 1922 by Markham of Chesterfield.
The planet of Marais VII was famously swampy and boggy. No roads could be built across its surface and so all vehicles had to run on large diameter, balloon tyres. This applied especially to the vehicles involved in the Classic Space swamp gas mining operations.
The government of this poor planet saw an opportunity to raise some revenue and put a tax on all tyres. The amount payable was calculated on an exponential scale from the diameter of the tyre. To counter this exorbitant cost, the Classic Spacemen replaced the balloon tyres on their rovers with multiple, small wheels of a size which was so small as to be exempt from the tax. The example shown here had a mere 64 tyres.
The multi-wheeled wheels became obsolete just 6 months later when the Maraisian government introduced a tax on valve caps.
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.
Cracow is a gold mining township in Queensland, Australia 485 kilometres from the state's capital city Brisbane.
A grazing and gold mining town, with the Cracow homestead just south of the town, Cracow was part of the Dawson River cattle run in the late 1800s, and in 1875 three itinerant fossickers were permitted to work the Cracow area where they found indications of the gold ore, but were lured away by the rush at Ready Creek.
In 1916, Johnny Nipps found a nugget six miles from the homestead. Prospector Charlie Lambert from the Charters Towers district investigated the find, opened the Warrego reef and found some promising ore. He discontinued to volunteer for service in World War I with the 1st Australian Imperial Forces and saw active service in France. Helped by a government prospecting sustenance scheme, Lambert returned to work the Warrego in 1931 with Bill Reynolds. They crushed £4,000 worth of gold from fifteen tons of ore, and called the reef “Surprise”. In seventeen years Cracow produced 275,000 ounces, a good yield for a small working.
The Golden Plateau Mine was for many years the only significant gold producer in Queensland apart from the Mount Morgan operations. Operating continuously from 1931 to closure in 1976.
In 2004, Newcrest Mine rekindled gold prospecting in the area, with the mine now operated by Evolution Mining.
There’s some dispute as to why pastoralist John Ross named the area Cracow back in 1851. Some say it was in reverence to the Polish who had fought valiantly for independence, while others say it was the sound of a cracking whip.
Source: Sandstone Wonders, "Cracow" by Ross Beattie.
A pair of Ashy mining bees (Andrena cineraria) mating on my colleague's hand. Ashy mining bees are a species that appears in the spring and they will be around until June time.
The president of the Erie Mining Company railroad historical society, and its only member, at Knox in 2000. Tour guide extraordinaire Doug Buell.
Three Northshore Mining SD70ACes lead an ore train from Babbit around the mountainous coast of Lake Superior on a perfect winter afternoon. The railroad's future is up in the air, and may cease operations yet this year, so I figured I'd make the trek north to photograph the line before it falls.
I have to love it when their Reserve Mining SD38-2 shows its face. Great ROC (required ore content).
Dahlonega, GA located in North Georgia was a center of gold mining in 1828, 20 years before the Califormia Gold Rush.
The end of an era as the last of the former Erie Mining units have left the plant. Fortunately they will find a new life on the Vermilion Valley Railroad in Illinois/Indiana.
This is a view along the MDH on the Ouray side of Red Mountain Pass.
The MDH is one of the top 4 drives I have ever done.
Area of a Bakerville is Colorado's first Silver discovery in Steven's Gulch. John Baker established mining clams in 1865 as Silver boom through the 1870"s the RxR extended from Denver to Georgetown past Silver Plume to Graymount. Bakerville at 9787 ft with the Broken Handle mine at 11,201 which was part of the Steven's mine at 11.699 ft. which encompassed over 2700 acres prior to 1900.
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Tawny Mining Bee (female) [Andrena fulva]
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Whilst coal mining at Fox Clough, Colne, dates back as far as the 17th century, the Engine Pit was developed in 1832 by the executors of John Hargreaves. A large pumping engine was erected in this stone building and the colliery worked the Lower Mountain and Union seams at a depth of 183 feet. The pit was abandoned in 1872 and the enginehouse has slowly deteriorated since then. It has probably survived due to its hidden and inaccessible location.