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Camera used: Canon EOS Rebel T8i
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO: Auto - 2000
Shutter Speed: 1/200
Aperture Setting: f/6.3
Date: 05/04/2022
Time: 2:25 pm
Intent: When you live in the country, it's natural to have random stacks of wood in your backyard.
The rock on the right is a large piece of Whinstone taken from the Whin Sill north of town. It has a small plaque commemorating the mining and quarrying history of Haltwhistle. The Romans extracted coal, limestone, lead and possibly iron ore. Small scale mining, together with stone quarrying, continued until modern times.
Slagg is a by-product of copper smelting. Slegghaugan stand as large mountains that are testament to the huge amount of activity that has taken place over 333 years. From the top you can enjoy a panoramic view of town.
Scouting locations in 2008 for the making of the independent film called "Coal" by producer David Rosfeld. David Jr. helping out.
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National Atomic Testing Museum
Hand carved by Rocky Hardcastle
Walking Boss in the tunnels at the Nevada Test Site
A female mining bee, Andrena sp., taking a moment to clean her mouthparts. Near Little Prairie, Wisconsin. June 22, 2019.
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 “Skiddaw Slate” and the granite intrusion, as well as other fascinating features.
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum have their own narrow gauge railway and “Sir Tom”, 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.
Lead was discovered in Linden WI in 1827. Though the mines are all closed, there are many tailing piles remaining reminding us of those days.
Core samples from the abandoned copper mine at Brittania Beach in BC Canada.
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This is one of a large colony of bees that live happily under my neighbours lawn. They were particularly active today - it must be the weather.
The mountain range on the right on the end is gold hill so named because they picked up a lot of gold nuggets on the surface.. ghost towns Octave and Scanton near gold hill. Scanton is where a major gold prospecting club is located..
"During the 1820s, prospectors were swarming over the hills of Southwestern Wisconsin looking for lead. After lead, or "mineral," was discovered, a "lead rush" began and the mining camp that formed around the diggings eventually was called Mineral Point. Tradition dates permanent settlement by Europeans to 1827."
www.mineralpoint.com/living_history/mining_history.html"
Mining sand from rivers. Sand is integral for construction work, but has been restricted/banned due to
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 “Skiddaw Slate” and the granite intrusion, as well as other fascinating features.
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum have their own narrow gauge railway and “Sir Tom”, 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.
The fundamental purposes of the coal mining risk assessment are to identify the risks of coal mining at the development site. The Coal Authority is a legal consultant for any planning application within a High-Risk Zone. 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. For more details kindly visit-https://www.earthenvironmental.co.uk/coal-mining-risk-assessment/