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Known for its marble mines, this town has furnished marble for the likes of the Lincoln Memorial, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Municipal buildings in New York and San Fransisco, and more. This was said to have been the largest marble mine in the world. There is still plenty left today. Two other towns, Yule Creek and Clarence started out nearby Marble and eventuall grew into Marble. The company that handeled the mining here was the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and the Colorado-Yule Marble Company which J.C. Osgood, of nearby redstone fame, had control of. The town is still alive today although there isn't much mining going on. At one time the town had 2 newspapers and even a city band that played outside on the bandstand during the 20's. A visit here wouldn't be wasted.
Wikipedia:
"The Hearst Memorial Mining Building at the University of California, Berkeley, is home to the university's Materials Science and Engineering Department, with research and teaching spaces for the subdisciplines of biomaterials; chemical and electrochemical materials; computational materials; electronic, magnetic, and optical materials; and structural materials. The Beaux-Arts-style Classical Revival building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is designated as part of California Historical Landmark #946. It was designed by John Galen Howard, with the assistance of the UC Berkeley-educated architect Julia Morgan and the Dean of the College of Mines at that time, Samuel B. Christy. It was the first building on that campus designed by Howard. Construction began in 1902 as part of the Phoebe Hearst campus development plan. The building was dedicated to the memory of her husband George Hearst, who had been a successful miner.
From 1998 to 2003, the building underwent a massive renovation, expansion, and seismic retrofit, in which a platform was built underneath the building, and a suspension system capable of up to 1 meter lateral travel was installed. To keep the expansion distinct from the historic building, shot peened aluminium (rather than stone) and a more modern design were used in the new construction."
I'm positive the brick pattern we see in the domed roof here is an example of the Gustavino building invention; read more about it here:
"Rafael Guastavino Moreno (Spain, 1842 – Asheville/NC, 1908) was an engineer and builder. Based on the Catalan vault, he created the Guastavino tile, a "Tile Arch System" patented in the United States in 1885 and used for constructing robust, self-supporting arches and architectural vaults using interlocking terracotta tiles and layers of mortar. Guastavino tile is found in major buildings across the United States, especially architecturally important and famous buildings with vaulted spaces. --Wikipedia.
Mining Lift
Bob Campbell Geology Museum
Clemson University
This was part of the outside display and shows a lift for bring up ore from the mine shaft.
A female Miner Bee foraging for pollen.
Tech Specs: Canon 70D (F16, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (2x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on Kaiser adjustable flash shoes). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
Technique: I'm holding on to the flower with my left index finger and thumb, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady. As the bee moves around the flower I rotate the stem to keep it looking at the camera (helps the viewer to connect with the subject and to maximize my chances of getting a usable image). I pay attention to the area that I want to be in focus, and use my peripheral vision to compose the frame. I'm also twisting the camera in my hand, and the flower's stem, so that I can lay the flat area of acceptable focus over as much of the curves in the scene (the bee's head and the flower).
Conditions: Partly cloudy with temps in the 18C range and a light wind. Due to the breeze I was able to grab onto the stem without the bee noticing. Also when the sun went behind the clouds its metabolism would tank, making it easier to get close.
Where am I from? Colax. Ordinary mining colony. There are dozens of them. Not a perfect place, but it could be worse. Atmosphere is inert, put pressure is normal. So oxygen mask is your best friend there. It’s quite cool place: 10-15C at day, just above zero at night. Rocks, sand and dust everywhere. And iron ore. Goode one. It’s only reason for colony to exist. Ore is quite unique; it’s very reach and doesn’t need much refining. The whole subsector gets iron from here. Plus a bit of extra rare metals. Colax isn’t old colony, everything works perfect. Most of industrial processes are automated. So there are not many workers. It will change in future when machines will start to break. More workers to support equipment, more equipment to support life of workers. You understand. But now it’s fine. Mines are in good condition, metal factory too. Sometimes some issues happen in spaceport, but it is normal. Usually it’s quite there, only a few shuttles arrive per week. But when a large cargo ship appears on orbit, it’s total mess. Such ships can’t land due to their size, so small orbital shuttles are used. Lots of them. But number of landing pads is limited. Spaceport works non-stop for several days to process cargo. And if only somebody mixes up container…
The light is cast through the broken windows from the outside world of an Eastern Kentucky holler. Through the creaking steel lies the echo of a lost colony, a tattered era of a lust for black gold that has purged the region for over a century. International Harvester was among the many coal companies that stapled their name into the thick seams beneath the earth, crafting the coal town of Benham around their claws in the pursuit of the sustenance to feed their growing empire at the expense of the mining man. Later laws would benefit the miner, yet the damage was done- scarred into the flesh of a generation who defined the true meaning of work. 40 years has this town slumbered. A handful of decades compared to the near-century of activity beneath it. IH owned the town, they owned the mines and they owned the people. But those folks did what they had to do to put food on the table. Those stories are now whispered in the wind among the reapers bondage, the unwanted scraps of Arch Minerals all that remains of one of the greatest names in the coal industry. 40 years since the IH buyout in '86 and the old bathhouse has sat silent, only disturbed by the curious mind such as myself. Men who emerged from the depths of the earth would trod through it's halls, stripping of their dust-covered clothes and hanging them on rusty metal baskets, then hoisted into the air by the very chains now draped over the windows. Hoisted long enough to sustain a nights rest before lowered at the light of another day. The sun rises over the mountains at 10 in the morning and dissipates at 3 in the afternoon as these men disappeared into the gaping mouths of the coal mines. Repetition that engulfed this piece of the world for decades until the pockets were padded and the hunger ceased. Then at the drop of a hat, the billionaires were gone and the broken dead men were lost, forced to vacate the towns that raised them to take up new occupation away from their home. The population dwindled, water seeped from the mine portals and the ruins remained. While Lexington and Louisville flourished from their newfound funds, Benham deteriorated and fell to the wayside. The sowers had sown and the millionaire reaped. And through the broken windows of the outside world, the reapers bondage is all that remains of a generation.
Mining Haulage for the 21st Century.
© ETF European Truck Factory GmbH.
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Could be one of Hiram J. Hackenbacker's creations!
Neil F.
This in the Red Mountain Site. You can see it from MDH, but you can also drive through it if you have a high clearance 4wd drive vehicle.
This is typical mining operations through out the San Juan Mountains.
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Mining Outpost: This is the 1st alternate build with the 3in1 Creator Neo Classic Space set proposal. The link leads to an animated video for presentational purposes. If you like it you may as well support it at LegoIdeas. Thx.
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Part of the Little Dudes series, documenting the little dudes who live in my home.
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Some of the many pieces of rusting mining machinery around the Blaenavon Big Pit. Far from littering the landscape they point to a fascinating industrial history, and one designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site since 2000.
Mining is a global industry that underpins industrial development in many regions. It is a key sector not only because it is the source of essential raw materials, but also because it potentially leads to economic and social development, often in remote and poorly developed areas, due to its importance in national accounts, level of employment and influence of international markets, etc. Mining activities can also cause severe environmental degradation because of its location (almost all conceivable places, often with insufficient infrastructure), size and timescale. Potential negative impacts of mining operations include: * Energy and water consumption * Air, water and land pollution * Landscape alteration * Soil erosion * Destruction of river banks * Health & safety nuisance.
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Lawrence Hislop
On Thursday, the recently restored remains of the Blue Bird Mine complex -- including a bunkhouse dating back to at least 1877 and a stone caretaker's house that was built when mining resumed after the Great Depression -- will be officially opened to the public at a 2 p.m. ceremony at Boulder County's Caribou Ranch open space.
In 1861 a fire destroyed most of the town. A newspaper article about the fire stated that there were around 40 stamp mills in the vicinity of Nevada, a staggering number for that early date, which surely made the town the milling center of Colorado at that time.
Water system of town of Nevadaville - barrel holds 13 gallons sold 2 barrels for 25 cents
Details of Nevadaville's history are difficult to find as it was always overshadowed by nearby Central City, which was Colorado's most important city for two decades. The 1861 fire was one of the most notable events here, and the stories on it reveal at least some detail on the town's early history.
Rebuilt DR8404 "Vera" (ex Hamersley Iron 3013) undergoing engine and works tests at GTSA in Maddington on 7 July 2007 painted in Fortescue Mining Colours .DR8404 to be used on FMG railway construction trains. Photo: Phil Melling.
Dalong Mine is one of the older sites operated by the Tiefa Coal Mining Administration in Liaoning Provice, North-East China.
Michigan Bar on the American River, Folsom, Ca. Dec. 2017. Gold mining started here in the mid 19th century and continued into the 20th, and the region has mile after mile of water-polished rocks, places where all the soil and smaller rocks were washed away. Brush or scrub forests have covered some of it, but a century or more later plenty is still bare rocks.
Several of this male Buffish Mining Bees (Andrena nigroaenea) just sitting around in the garden this morning, waiting for the sun to come out. I'm waiting for it too!
A least this type of weather makes photographing bees more easy. They're out-and-about, but not doing much!
Three generations of Terex mining trucks.
From left to right:
- Terex 33-19 Titan. A truck built only once in 1973 with a then record-breaking payload of 350 tons (318 tonnes).
- Terex 33-11C. Produced between 1981 and 1986, the 85 ton (77 tonne) hauler was one of the popular machines in the Terex mining truck range.
- Terex Unit Rig MT 6300AC. Introduced in 2008, the 400 ton (363 tonne) truck is nowadays part of Caterpillar's range of diesel-electric mining trucks as the 798 AC.
One of my person favorite things about light painting is that sometimes I get the pleasure of being able to relax and enjoy life as I watch the sun rise.
Tonight was one of those nights as I set off on a very impromptu 2:30am adventure. I didn't actually get any light painting done as I was shooting for the stars and even those frames didn't come out as well as I had hoped.
This one was quite the bugger to lineup by myself but after about the 10th try I was able to strike gold!