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The Museum is run by a group of volunteers in a microgranite quarry at Threlkeld, with a Geology Room, Bookshop, Underground Experience, Gold Panning, Excavator Display, Engine House and Steam Engine, all there to enjoy together with the Quarry and the views. Also on offer are mine tours and mineral panning.
The quarry itself is a RIGS site and displays contacts between the āSkiddaw Slateā and the granite intrusion, as well as other fascinating features.
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum have their own narrow gauge railway and āSir Tomā, a steam locomotive, hauls passengers daily in the summer holidays and on other weekends. In quiet periods one of the collection of vintage classic diesel locos is used.
Eureka, Tintic Mining District, Juab county, UT
Mormon stockholders named the city Ruby Hallow, it was renamed Eureka around 1870. Eureka quickly become the center of Tintic Mining District. The mines produced gold, silver, lead and zinc. Once it was one of the top mining areas of Utah.
Eureka housed financial institutions, local and county governmental buildings, churches and an impressive post office. Once it had a population of around 3500 but today only 700 people live here. Most of the buildings of the historic Main St are abandoned and/or crumbling. There are some antique shops and grocery stores (some of them closed). Other places to visit are the log cabin of Porter Rockwell and the Tintic Mining Museum (open sporadically, call first!).
The Museum is run by a group of volunteers in a microgranite quarry at Threlkeld, with a Geology Room, Bookshop, Underground Experience, Gold Panning, Excavator Display, Engine House and Steam Engine, all there to enjoy together with the Quarry and the views. Also on offer are mine tours and mineral panning.
The quarry itself is a RIGS site and displays contacts between the āSkiddaw Slateā and the granite intrusion, as well as other fascinating features.
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum have their own narrow gauge railway and āSir Tomā, a steam locomotive, hauls passengers daily in the summer holidays and on other weekends. In quiet periods one of the collection of vintage classic diesel locos is used.
Photographed at the Battery Hill Mine Museum. Tennant Creek has a rich history as a gold mining centre. Here was found one of the richest gold bearing seams ever mined in the world. Very remotely located in central Australian desert country, life was harsh for the people who lived here.
Granite Ghost Town in Summer, Granite County, Montana
Silver was first discovered in the area around Granite in 1865. The Granite mine, "Ruby Shaft," was discovered in 1872. During the course of silver mining at Granite, $40 million dollars worth of silver was removed, making it the "richest silver mine on earth." The mine was closed after the silver panic of 1893.
The site pictured is the east end of what remains of two massive buildings that covered the face of these rock walls and contained 70 stamp mills that crushed ore from the Ruby shaft. After crushing, the ore was sent down the hill for the silver to be separated from the base metal by amalgamation with mercury. The stamp mills worked six days a week at the height of production.These ruins and the ruins of the mining operation are located
Granite was a company town, built by the Granite Mountain Mining Company. It is located approximately four miles due north of present day Philipsburg, MT.
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Mining graphic by Paul Kjelland
"Our fight has just begun. We are just like that Penokee Mountain. We're not going anywhere. We will use every tool in our war chest to defend our water and air.ā
- Mike Wiggins, Jr., chairman of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Mining barge. Small asteroid mining barge to transport cargo containers from job-site to interstellar cargo carriers.
1 Pilot
2 Ion-pulse thrusters - NO INTERGALACTIC CAPABILITIES.
2 Particle Thrusters
1 Container Connection Bay (Ferromagnetic Composition)
The Otho Mining District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in December 2004. Photographs from nomination, December 2002.
The Otho lode was discovered by Byron Ferguson and William McGarrity on June 4, 1892. It was reportedly named for Otho Ferguson who lived and worked in the area. While Otho was originally developed during the false tin boom in the late 1800s, it persisted and was one of the few areas that actually did produce tin ore after the tin hoax had ended. There may also have been extraction of beryl and feldspar.
The Otho Mining District near Greyhound Creek by Keystone includes the built structures of a bunkhouse, hotel, house, outhouse, and shed from about 1914. The estimated population of Otho in the early 20th century was 200. Some of the miners worked at the Otho Tin Mill, while some worked at other nearby mines. Cooking at the bunkhouse was done by the Ferguson family, and later by Ernest and Minnie Linde.
When the mill closed during a bust period, some miners left at Otho and sought employment where they could find it. However, a core of families stayed on longer and survived the best they could.
[Text from nomination.]
Female mining bee, Andrena sp., pausing to groom and bask. Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 31, 2019.
The Mining Institute holds several runs of colliery newspapers including one of the few complete runs of Mining Journal which has proved to be a very useful publication for researchers.
Images(c) Sean Elliot
At night, Diwalwal is a sight to behold. By day, thousands of Filipinos struggle to survive in the gold-rush area. They have to contend not just with the extremely hard and dangerous work in the mines but with violence as well, as big mining interests seek to displace the small miners. (Davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)