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I was wondering what this would look like before a military company modified it for battle. So I made this. More pictures on Brickshelf (when public).
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.
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.
The World Museum of Mining in Butte, MT was founded in 1963 when the close of Butte’s mining heyday was less than two decades away. In the end, Butte experienced a century of hard rock mining and earned the reputation of being home to one of the world’s most productive copper mines of all times. The museum exists to preserve the enduring history of Butte and the legacy of its rich mining and cultural heritage.
The World Museum of Mining is one of the few museums in the world located on an actual mine yard – the Orphan Girl Mine. The "Girl" is the centerpiece of the Museum and is marked by a 100 foot high steel headframe. Once mined to a depth of 3200 feet, she produced silver, lead and zinc from 1875 until 1956.
Strolling through the brick lined streets of Hell Roarin’ Gulch provides insight into the lives of the thousands of immigrants that flocked to Butte for work.
A male Andrena mining-bee in our Staffordshire garden today. There were several active. This individual was resting on a bluebell flower.
By the size, colouration and long mandibles (with lateral tooth), I suspect that this is the Tawny Mining-bee (Andrena fulva). Lovely to see them at last!
This lane is in Carsington, Derbyshire and the cottages must be from the old lead mining days. I'm glad the residents have preserved this appearance, just priceless.
The Sumpter Valley Dredge Oregon State Park
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge is the last of three built on the Powder River. Built in 1935, it ran until 1954. It dug up more than four million dollars worth of gold. The Dredge is located just a block off of the main street of the small historic mining town of Sumpter along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway
The tour of the dredge is a great way to explore the gold mining heritage of Eastern Oregon and the Sumpter Valley. The Dredge is currently undergoing restoration however park rangers will continue to host tours throughout the restoration process.
Visitors to the park can also try their luck at gold panning and explore the vast system of nature and interpretive trails that meander through the tailings left by the dredge as it worked its way up the river bed more than a half century ago.
The Sumpter Valley Dredge is nestled at the base of the majestic granite peaks of the Elkhorn Mountain Range. The Powder River is born deep within the range and picks up speed as it spills down the Sumpter Valley, traveling through the park before reaching Phillips Reservoir.
This waterway was the vein of life during the boom days of the gold rush. The landscape still bears the scars. Miles of tailings line the banks of the river, a remembrance from the prosperous days of mining. The Sumpter Valley Dredge -- the centerpiece of our park -- left much of the rocky footprint that you'll see on your trek along Highway 7. The dredge is an important link to Oregon's pioneering past and development. It is one of the largest and most accessible gold dredges in the U.S.
A half a century after the last dripping bucket load was lifted, the dredge stands silent. If you listen carefully, you can almost hear whispers of the hope, sweat and dreams of the people who worked on it. After visiting the dredge you may continue on the Elkhorn Scenic Byway to continue your trip into history.
The dredge in the park is the last of three built on the Powder River. Built in 1935, it ran until 1954. It dug up more than four million dollars worth by a simple, but dramatic method.
Sticking out from the dredge's hull is a massive boom bearing 72 1-ton buckets. The buckets, moving like the chain of a chainsaw, would bore into the riverbank and carry the loose rock back into the dredge interior.
Once inside, the rock would pass through a series of steel cylinders to separate the material by size, sending the smaller material deeper into the dredge. Using water and sluices, the gold would be separated from the sediment. The spoils from this process and larger rock pass through the back of the dredge and are deposited behind it via another boom.
The Sumpter Dredge is also the setting for bestselling author Patrick Carman’s, Skeleton Creek book series www.patrickcarman.com/enter/skeleton-creek
For more information about the Sumpter Dredge State Heritage Area visit www.oregonstateparks.org/park_239.php"rel="nofo...;
For more information about other heritage sites and activities in Baker County visit Baker County Tourism's website at www.travelbakercounty.com
This place is on the other side of this narrow road from the Mammoth Mine which was on Mammoth Hill opposite the National Mine - on the same side of the hill. Mammoth Mine work the Lode that measured over 6000 ft making it one of the longest veins of gold ore. Tailings flow down hill and this road looks like it was cut through them so while I'm hunting up that other place I'll check for sure of this area. The Mammoth mine over looked Central City.
I also understand this area is rich in Quartz.
Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange is now the Scottish National Mining Museum. The colliery was sunk by the Lothian Coal Company in 1890 and came into production in 1894. It was closed in 1981.
Only in this region of the country can you see seemingly gratuitous blocks of flats in the middle of a village: Múcsony and Szuhakálló used to be home of many miners and their families.
After the fall of communism, most of the coal mines in the vicinity were shut down, leaving most people in the area without jobs and livelihood. Only the blocks of flats and the forever-rolling Ikaruses remain to remind us of the once glorious past.
GXD-417 is pacing through the village on it's remarkable Miskolc-Ragály journey. It was manufactured in 98' for Russian export, but as with many 263s from this batch, it never saw service with the Soviets due to the big ruble crisis.
This rather good picture is taken at Gospel Oak, Tipton. It shows a happy family next to their house which is sinking into the ground. The family are wearing clogs, not unusual in the late 19th century. Behind the billowing washing a newly built railway line is visible, I hope the surveyors took note of the house. In front of the house tram tracks are set into the road, by the lightness of the track and the granite setts between the rails this could be a horse tramway.
Undated.
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The Blue Bird mining area, in the background is the bunk house and the foreground was used for the vistiors.
Gwenap Pit - some information.
A depression caused by mining subsidence was subsequently used as an open air preaching pit. It dates from the mid-eighteenth century. It is located in what was the greatest copper mining district of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and one of the most densely populated areas at the time.
Located just to the south of Redruth on the eastern slopes of Carn Marth, its fame is due largely to the preachings of John Wesley, who used the pit on 18 occasions from 1776-89. He greatly exaggerated its size (he put it at 200x300ft and 50ft deep) and it is possible that the same applies to his estimate that his largest audience was 32,000. In his memory the local people excavated the pit in 1806 into a regular oval 37m across and 8m deep. They added 13 rows of turf seats. A Whit-Monday service has been held there since 1807, and it has been used for other purposes, eg. Chartists met in 1839, and there was a theatre performance in 1951.
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One of the buildings on the Paramount Ranch set. It was used as Grace and Robert E's home on Dr. Quinn, Medecine Woman.
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A modified Budgie built for the depths, equipped with a rotary saw powered by high-energy purple fusion.
I built this MOC for Andromeda's Gates on Eurobricks. It shows a MANTIS mining base in full swing, there's even some little loader trucks carrying loads of Awesomnium. The building has a full interior as well.
This astronaut was sent to Uranus for a mining operation. On Uranus there can be found diamonds, because they are literally falling as raindrops out of the sky. Quite unique!
The astronaut discovers life while mining! He freezes from the shock and realized that he is the first one to discover lifefrom on the planet Uranus.
From the surprise he let the drill fall on the ground and immediately stopped the operation to report this special discovery!
My entry build for the BioCup2019 Round 1, subtheme was Uranus
Colony Field Report --- Med-Lab --- Dr. Wormoth --- 2.506.127
The Earth Mining Commission had finally taken control of the element harvesting project on Mars after the Estonians had given up their interest in the venture. We worked diligently for months, rebuilding the facilities and converting the ergonomics for human usage. After the retrofit was completed, we continued work on a massive vein of Plegaltonium, a mineral native to Mars, and began our project.
Work proceeded well into the New Year, and only a few minor setbacks occurred. It was to be expected; the risks were written into their contracts, that some miners would perish during the operations. We also prepared for the inevitable psychological stressors that would present in the wives and children living on the colony. Some of them had never before left their home state, let alone the planet Earth.
Something has changed during the past three weeks however. At first the miners were coming back from their operations, complaining of relentless fatigue, nausea, even momentary loss of vision. Two harvesters collided last week when one of the drivers became blinded. Then the discoloration quickly set in, their skin turning a foul rust color, brittle and flaking off. We’ve lost ten miners this week alone, all with the same symptoms.
It now seems to be spreading inside the facilities, even with the constant use of the decontamination rooms. Lieutenant Brownstone’s wife just lost her vision yesterday and collapsed to the floor, dead within an hour or so. Her body was placed in a quarantine chamber and still awaits autopsy. The speed at which this is now spreading, whatever it is, seems to be on an exponential curve.
After appealing to the Mining Commission today, they still won’t stop operations at this time. I fear, at this point it wouldn’t matter, as we seem to be.
Date Taken: June 1, 2015
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Operator: Taganito Mining, Corp.
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Max. Power Output: 240 hp @ 2,200 rpm
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Gears: 6-Speed Forward, 1-Speed Reverse
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Take a look at Victor and the nearby gold mine from Google earth. The mining operation is to the north of the city. www.google.com/maps/place/Victor,+CO/@38.7094974,-105.145...
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The safety history of coal mines, especially underground mines anywhere in the world has not been great. Thousands of miners have perished, probably hundreds of thousands all round the world. And not just coal either. Underground mining is an inherently dangerous business.
Queensland has not been immune by any means from these sad events.
The Moura-Kianga Mine in Central Queensland has experienced three tragic events and memorials exist both in the town and out at the mine sites themselves. After 1994 when the disaster shown in this shot occurred, underground mining ceased at this locality although it still occurs elsewhere in Queensland. All mining at this metallurgical mine site is now open cut.
In respect for the dead, while coal mining these days is very controversial, I ask you to keep those comments for another shot to come next week if you feel that way inclined. We won't make this one political or environmental. These men just went to work for their families and didn't come home that day or ever.
Moura No. 2 Mine disaster, 7 August 1994 - 11 dead
Other disasters at these mines
Kianga No. 1 Mine disaster, 20 September 1975 - 13 dead
Moura No. 4 Mine disaster, 16 July 1986 - 12 dead
Micrandrena is a subgenus of mining bees, with some 60 species. These are small black bees, commonly known as Pygmy mining bees.
Straight Out Of Camera (SOOC).
Do you yearn for the mines?
These four new mining items are at WLRP, opening 2/4!
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Crystal Hand Lamp - 5 shiny metals and 1 worn iron (shown), 6 crystal colors, and black or brown leather wrap on HUD. Hold left or right hand, plus 1 LI decor version.
Legendary Pickaxe - 5 shiny metals/haft and 1 worn iron/wood haft version, brown or black leather wrap. Tint gems on top and hilt with the HUD. Bottom diamond hidable with HUD. Hold left or right shoulder plus 1 LI decor version.
Mine Entrance - A grand structure to enter mines, delves, and dungeons! 30 LI with the massive doors, 19 LI without. About 6.5x6.5x3.5 m . Sign on front can be removed. Plenty of space to pack rocks around it to sink into a cliffside as shown.
Mining Carts & Rails - Includes 9 load types plus empty. Each 2 LI. Includes rail set 1-2 LI per piece. Several prefabs included with varying LI. 180 turn is 8 LI.
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While in Nevada City Montana, we stopped at a place where you can pan for gold. This whole city is a western-ghost town and is full of old relics and antiques. Instead of panning for gold, I took a walk-a-bout and found all sorts of old treasures.