Africa (continent)
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
The Mine - Open works, overhanging main reef, 1891
154 x 208 mm. Showing surface excavations at the De Beers Mine, with an overhanging cliff above the workings.
The Mine - Open works, showing searching house in the distance, 1891
152 x 208 mm. A view looking along the excavated surface reef, with mine buildings on the level land in the background.
The Mine - Shoot for bringing ‘ground’ from a higher level (underground), 1891
204 x 152 mm. An indistinct view showing the shoot at the end of a shaft.
The Mine: The ‘Blueground’ after blasting (underground), 1891
209 x 151 mm. A technically poor and out of focus view showing a miner seated beside a rockface loosened be an explosive charge.
The Mine - Trucking ‘ground’ to Flat Sheet (underground), 1891
208 x 153 mm. Showing two metal trolleys loaded with excavated ‘ground’ in a tunnel in the mine. A caption on the print itself reads ‘D.B.M.Co. Junction of two tunnels at No IV Level, 700 ft’.