Mine Collection

Coal mine in England, 1850s
Removing coal in the Bradley mine, Staffordshire, England, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Mormons cutting stone for their temple, Utah
Quarrying stone for the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Leadville, a Colorado boom town, 1870s
Chestnut Street in Leadville, Colorado, during the mining boom, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Russian prisoners forced to work in Siberia, 1880s
Russian convicts returning at night from the mines in Siberia, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Confederate explosive mines blocking a river, Civil War
Barrel torpedo, or mine, used by Confederates to blockade a southern river mouth, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Lead mining in Missouri, mid-1800s
Extracting lead ore in Granby, Missouri, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Tunnel in a California mine, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Miners digging and loading coal into an underground mule-drawn cart in Pennsylvania, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Coal mine disaster in England, 1860s
Volunteers lowered into a coal mine to attempt rescue of trapped miners in England, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Natives working in the Spanish mines of Mexico. Hand-colored woodcut of a DeBry engraving

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Interior view of the salt-works in West Virginia. 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Michigan iron mine, 1800s
Republic Iron Mine in Upper Michigan, circa 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Prospectors finding gold in a Georgia stream, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Prospectors working the Gregory gold diggings in the Colorado Rockies, May 1859. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Swan Hotel in the diamond-mining region of South Africa, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century photograph

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Prospectors working the diamond diggings near Colesberg, South Africa, 1872. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native workers descending into a diamond mine near Johannesburg, South Africa, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Nevada silver miners changing the shift, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Prospectors bringing gold to a Denver bank, 1860s
Miners bringing their gold dust to Cooks Bank, Denver, Colorado, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Coal miners tamping an explosive charge in a tunnel, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Coal miners emerging from the shaft after their nine hours of toil are ended, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone of a photograph

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George Stephenson experimenting with his safety lamp in an English coal mine, early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Women screening coal coming out of a mine in England, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Whimsey engine drawing coal in the Staffordshire mines, England, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Coal mine disaster in England, 1860s
Volunteers lowered into a coal mine to attempt rescue of trapped miners in England, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Gold Rush prospectors washing sediments from a stream to find nuggets in California. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Mule train going into the silver mines of Colorado. Hand-colored haltone of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

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