Mining History Gallery
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The Devious Art of “Salting” a Gold Claim,In the mid 19th century to the 20th century go
Three ton copper nugget found on the banks of Copper Creek, Alaska, 1903.
Tredwell gold mine, located 500 feet under the ocean near Juneau, Alaska, dated 1916.
Bodies are removed from the coal mine at Senghenydd, Wales, site of the worst coal mining disaster i
“Welcome Stranger” the largest alluvial gold nugget ever discovered, yielding 3,123 troy
During the period from the mid-1890s to 1914 America witnessed an unprecedented wave of immigration
Salt mining Detroit.
Copper Mining, Michigan.
from “Mining the Museum,” Fred Wilson
The Battle of Blair Mountain Around the turn of the century in West Virginia, the coal companies con
Oil wells for petroleum at Los Angeles (California, 1905).
The Animas RiverOn August 5, the US Environmental Protection Agency accidentally released a large pu
Neat place we explored near Silverton, CO. These houses are 100 years old, and still sit perche
Big hunk of galena at the history museum in Joplin, MO with @mattdcarey for scale in the background.
November 26 1872, The Great Diamond Hoax was exposed.The diamond hoax of 1872 was a swindle in
Sikehead Lead MineNorth Pennines. UK.
Up the ChimneyInside an old lead mine smelting chimneyNorth Pennines. UK.
The shaking tables at Geevor Tin Mine - Cornwall, England
Geevor Mining Museum - Cornwall, England
Snow hides begrimed houses, laundry, and slag in coal mining town in British Columbia, 1966.Photogra
365cdn:April 3, 1967 – Willie DeLorme and fourteen other men die in an explosion in the Balmer
Geevor Mining Museum - Cornwall, England
Copper Mining, Michigan.
Salt mining Detroit.
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