Straw-hatted miner with pick, pan and shovel
1852 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
LL/11397 [Further details available]
1 of 102
Group of miners
1850s (ca)
Daguerreotype
California Historical Society
LL/79006
2 of 102
Miner - Moses Warren
1853 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
AMC - Archive of Modern Conflict
Promised gift to the National Gallery of Canada
LL/63336 [Further details available]
3 of 102
A hydraulic mining scene
n.d.
Daguerreotype
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/118626 [Further details available]
4 of 102
A British Colliery
1850s
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate
Private collection of Roberta Etter
LL/75838
5 of 102
Lewis and Nickinson's crushing battery at the Balaclava Mine, Whroo [Australia]
1859-1859
Ambrotype
13.3 x 18.5 cm (sight) 17.7 x 22.5 cm (case)
State Library of Victoria
Accession no: H39206
LL/77125 [Further details available]
6 of 102
View of the Quartz Rock at the British Guiana Gold Company's Diggings on the Rio Cuyuni
1856-1866 (ca)
Albumen print
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-404-7
LL/78890 [Further details available]
7 of 102
Copiapo [Interior of a mine]
[Andenken an Chile]
1865
Albumen print
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
PETFOL-VH-288, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b8443045p
LL/88147
8 of 102
Crown Engine House, Botallack Mine, Cornwall
1860s (early)
Carte de visite
Private collection of James Morley
LL/99697
9 of 102
Tram Way, Botallack Mine, Cornwall
1860s (early)
Carte de visite
Private collection of James Morley
LL/99698
10 of 102
Hydraulic placer mining with onlookers
1860s
Carte de visite
Private collection of Jules Martino
LL/99751
11 of 102
Assorting the ore, Huntington Copper Mining Company's works, Bolton, QC
1867
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper - Albumen process
McCord Stewart Museum
Gift of Mrs. William Molson, N-0000.94.56
LL/99770
12 of 102
Separating the ore from the rock, Huntington Copper Mine, Bolton, QC
1867
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper - Albumen process
McCord Stewart Museum
Gift of Mrs. William Molson, N-0000.94.58
LL/105449
13 of 102
A shaft, Huntington Copper Mine, Bolton, QC
1867
Silver salts on paper mounted on paper - Albumen process
McCord Stewart Museum
Gift of Mrs. William Molson, N-0000.94.60
LL/99771
14 of 102
Portrait of an unidentified female coal worker with a spade and sieve
n.d.
Carte de visite
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.4.133
LL/68294
15 of 102
Female coal workers
n.d.
Carte de visite
National Museums Scotland
History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.4.157
LL/68298
16 of 102
W. Coulson, Master Sinker, and four of his men. Pit Mouth, Hartley Colliery
[New Hartley Pit Disaster, Northumberland, England]
1862, 30 January
Albumen print
Private collection of Billy Embleton
LL/84997 [Further details available]
17 of 102
Hartley Colliery after the accident
[New Hartley Pit Disaster, Northumberland, England]
1862, 30 January
Albumen print
Private collection of Billy Embleton
LL/84998 [Further details available]
18 of 102
Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, Nevada County
1871
Albumen print
39.3 x 54.8 cm (15 1/2 x 21 9/16 ins) (overall)
National Gallery of Art
Patrons' Permanent Fund, Accession No. 1995.36.128
LL/92693
19 of 102
Kimberley Mine
1879 (ca)
Albumen print
12.8 x 19.4 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501237
LL/93102 [Further details available]
20 of 102
Kimberley Mine
1879 (ca)
Albumen print
13.0 x 19.8 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501236
LL/93105 [Further details available]
21 of 102
Diamond mine in Griqualand-West
1879 (ca)
Albumen print
12.5 x 19.6 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2501243
LL/93107 [Further details available]
22 of 102
n.d.
Photograph
Location and source information requested
Box 69
LL/120147
23 of 102
Mr. George Cray washing gold in Cray's River [Colchester Country, Nova Scotia, Canada]
1870s
Cabinet card
Colchester Historeum
P88 #455, Box 22
LL/120150 [Further details available]
24 of 102
A group of miners
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Laddy Kite
LL/99673
25 of 102
A group portraits of miners
n.d.
Albumen print
Private collection of Laure Deratte
LL/99700
26 of 102
Miners with a liump of lignite, the mine of Morgnano, Spoleto, Italy
1889 (or earlier)
Albumen print
Collection of Michael G. Jacob
LL/99705 [Further details available]
27 of 102
Mines de fer dans l'Oural, le minerai se trouve à fleur du sol
[Russie du nord-est et de Sibérie]
1890 (handwritten)
Photograph
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WC-374, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b8594552g
LL/88027
28 of 102
Mines de fer dans l'Oural, le minerai se trouve à fleur du sol
[Russie du nord-est et de Sibérie]
1890 (handwritten)
Photograph
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WC-374, Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b8594552g
LL/88028
29 of 102
General View of the Emma Mine
[Photographic Scenes in Utah, Arizona, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming Territories - Utah. Little Cottonwood Kanyon, Wahsatch Range.]
1870-1880
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s01293 (digital file from original photo, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s01293 (digital file from original photo, back)
LL/110170
30 of 102
735 The Bullion Mining Works - Gold Hill
[Nevada]
n.d.
Stereocard
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#27 / 207)
LL/55449
31 of 102
725 Gould & Curry Works – from the East
[Nevada]
n.d.
Stereocard
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#27 / 208)
LL/55450
32 of 102
Hydraulic Mining - Behind the Pipes, in the Kennebeck Claim, Birchville, Nevada County.
[Hydraulic Mining]
n.d.
Stereoview
Internet - Original source ill-defined
LL/120007
33 of 102
Chinamen sluicing.
[Views in Utah, Idaho, and Montana, 1871.]
1871
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s00427 (digital file from original photo, front)
LL/109418
34 of 102
Holyoke Silver Lead Mine, Marquette, Mi.
[Lake Superior Views]
1864-1870
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-10489 (digital file from original stereograph, front) LC-DIG-ppmsca-10490 (digital file from original stereograph, back)
LL/108717
35 of 102
Gold Diggers (Tub and Cradle Process)
[Her Majesty's Territories: Stereographic Views of Australian Sceneries]
1862
Stereoview
Bendigo Art Gallery
LL/113514
36 of 102
Glory Hole, Treadwell Mine, Douglas, AK
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Carolyn and Michael Nore
LL/118423
37 of 102
Lavage de l'or sur l'Amour
[62 phot. de sites et de types ethniques des bords de l'Amour - Sibérie et Mandchourie]
1870
Albumen print
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WD-65, ark:/12148/cb40589534v
LL/106901
38 of 102
Lavage de l'or sur l'Amour
[62 phot. de sites et de types ethniques des bords de l'Amour - Sibérie et Mandchourie]
1870
Albumen print
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WD-65, ark:/12148/cb40589534v
LL/106902
39 of 102
Lavage de l'or sur l'Amour
[62 phot. de sites et de types ethniques des bords de l'Amour - Sibérie et Mandchourie]
1870
Albumen print, detail
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WD-65, ark:/12148/cb40589534v
LL/106903
40 of 102
échage de l'or avant sa mise en caisse sur l'Amour
[62 phot. de sites et de types ethniques des bords de l'Amour - Sibérie et Mandchourie]
1870
Albumen print
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WD-65, ark:/12148/cb40589534v
LL/106905
41 of 102
échage de l'or avant sa mise en caisse sur l'Amour
[62 phot. de sites et de types ethniques des bords de l'Amour - Sibérie et Mandchourie]
1870
Albumen print, detail
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WD-65, ark:/12148/cb40589534v
LL/106906
42 of 102
Maisons des chercheurs d'or dans les bois de l'Amour
[62 phot. de sites et de types ethniques des bords de l'Amour - Sibérie et Mandchourie]
1870
Albumen print
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Département Société de Géographie, SG WD-65, ark:/12148/cb40589534v
LL/106904
43 of 102
Gold mine claim of Ralph Ira Murphy on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
1899
Cyanotype
Private collection of David Berry?
LL/93558
44 of 102
Map showing Property of the North Star Co. in Sitka Land District, Alaska.
1899
Cyanotype
Private collection of David Berry?
LL/93560
45 of 102
Ralph Ira Murphy's gold mining claim on Sawmill Creek at Turnagain arm on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
1899
Cyanotype
Private collection of David Berry?
LL/93561
46 of 102
[Mining Class]
[Frank Klepetko Michigan Mining Cyanotype Album]
1880 (ca)
Cyanotype
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
uan: NMAH-AC1042-0000003
LL/102237
47 of 102
Mining scene
n.d.
Photograph
9 x 7 ins (image) 12 x 10 ins (mount)
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
LL/101073
48 of 102
A Mill At The 412, Dolcoath Min
1893
Woodburytype
14.4 x 9.7 cm
British Library
Shelfmark: 7105.e.21
LL/49660
49 of 102
Studio portrait of four miners
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of James V. Burke
LL/99669
50 of 102
Type of oxygen breathing mine rescue apparatus worn by rescuers following mine explosions.
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
Richard T. Rosenthal
LL/99778
51 of 102
Miners with their locomotive
n.d.
Real photo postcard
Private collection of James V. Burke
LL/99670
52 of 102
Peat excavator at Bulstrode Farm, near Barrington, QC
1865
Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process
20 x 25 cm
McCord Stewart Museum
Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd., I-17862
LL/105289
53 of 102
[Underground in the mines of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia]
1880s
Photograph
Private collection of Leigh McKinnon
LL/99775 [Further details available]
54 of 102
Coal Searcher Going Home to Jarrow
1936 (taken) 1970s (print)
Gelatin silver print
13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in (33.6 x 28.5 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 22, 2009, Photographs & Photographic Literature, Sale 2191 Lot 170)
LL/33438 [Further details available]
55 of 102
[Coal mine]
1953 (date album gifted)
Gelatin silver print
Richard T. Rosenthal
LL/99766
56 of 102
[Coal mine]
1953 (date album gifted)
Gelatin silver print
Richard T. Rosenthal
LL/99758
57 of 102
The miner Adolf Hennecke in the former occupation zone of Germany
1948
Gelatin silver print
60 x 50 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th – 21st Century Photography, 7 December 2022, Lot: 4194
LL/124008 [Further details available]
58 of 102
A close-up portrait of a coal miner in Omar, West Virginia
1938
Black and white photograph
National Geographic - FOUND
Posted on FOUND, 15 March 2013.
LL/50044
59 of 102
Seven Sisters, South Wales
1997
Gelatin silver print
48 x 33cm (18 7/8 x 13in)
Bloomsbury Auctions - London
Photographs, 22 May 2012, Lot: 122
LL/48263 [Further details available]
60 of 102
Gold miner drilling in a sub-level, Cheminis Mine, Larder lake, Ontario.
[Cage Call]
1991-2006
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 ins
Provided by the artist - Louie Palu
LL/43274 [Further details available]
61 of 102
Mountain of iron
1935
Bromoil transfer photograph
32.3 x 25.6 cm (comp.)
Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 1984, Acc: 1984.109
LL/66670
62 of 102
Henri Cartier-Bresson photographing at the open pit mine (Inden), Germany
1967 (taken)
Gelatin silver print
37.5 x 25.4 cm (image)
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction, 8 June 2022, Photography from the 19th – 21st centuries, Lot: 4112
LL/120228 [Further details available]
63 of 102
No. 17. Gold Miners' Bark HutFree Selector's Slab Hut
[Images of Queensland]
1870 (ca)
Autotype
Queensland Art Gallery
Purchased 2009 with funds raised through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 30th Anniversary Appeal, Acc: 2009.212.017
LL/66650
64 of 102
Carrières d’Amérique (espace compris entre le Boulevard Serrurier et la rue de Mexico) (The America Quarries,between the Boulevard Serrurier and the rue de Mexico)
1877 (before)
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
25.5 x 36.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/8 ins)
Musée Carnavalet
LL/53885 [Further details available]
65 of 102
[Oil wells in Persia]
1870s
Albumen print
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
LL/84203
66 of 102
[Oil wells in Persia]
1870s
Albumen print
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
LL/84204
67 of 102
New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, Santa Clara Co. CA
n.d.
Albumen print, on stereo mount
Private collection of Rex Walker
LL/99690
68 of 102
#142 The Metal Chamber, New Almaden
[C. E. Watkins, Pacific Coast]
n.d.
Stereoview
Cowan's Auctions, Inc
Wes Cowan Stereoview Auction, 30 March 2015, Lot: 82
LL/58635 [Further details available]
69 of 102
No. 131. Weighting Quicksilver, New Almaden.
[Watkins Pacific Coast]
1863
Stereocard
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/90126
70 of 102
The Widow Claim, Coeur D'Alene Mine
[Yellowstone National Park]
n.d.
Stereocard
Private collection of Ira Stein
LL/99668
71 of 102
Entrance to the Sutro Tunnel
[Sutro Tunnel, Nevado]
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Mark Kittinger
LL/99768
72 of 102
Among the Iron Mines
[Gems of Lake Superior Scenery]
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Michael Pecosky
LL/99776 [Further details available]
73 of 102
768. Penrhyn - Slate Quarries, Miner's Hut in the foreground
[North Wales Illustrated]
1870s (ca)
Stereoview
Private collection of Paula Fleming
LL/99671
74 of 102
Slate Workings, at Llanberris
1870s (ca)
Stereoview
Private collection of Paula Fleming
LL/99672
75 of 102
Hoisting Works, R. Q. Mining Co.; Knoxville, Napa county, Cal.
1875 (ca)
Stereoview
Private collection of Rex Walker
LL/99689
76 of 102
Contention Works, Tombstone, Arizona. # 4922.
[Watkin's New Series]
1880
Stereoview
California State Library
Description: STEREO-1682
LL/118630
77 of 102
Hydraulic Mining - Washing down the bank into the Sluice
[California]
1864-1865
Stereoview
California Historical Society
Lawrence and Houseworth photograph collection, Identifier: PC-RM-Lawrence-Houseworth_0796
LL/105760
78 of 102
Hydraulic Mining - The Sluice Blocks
1865
Carte de visite
California Historical Society
Lawrence and Houseworth photograph collection, Identifier: PC-RM-Lawrence-Houseworth_0012
LL/105748
79 of 102
Hydraulic Mining - The Palm Claim, Timbuctoo, Yuba County
1865
Carte de visite
California Historical Society
Lawrence and Houseworth photograph collection, Identifier: PC-RM-Lawrence-Houseworth_0794
LL/105759
80 of 102
[Granite mining, northern part of the Island of Bornholm, Denmark]
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Ann Vibeke Knudsen
LL/99747
81 of 102
[Granite mining, northern part of the Island of Bornholm, Denmark]
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Ann Vibeke Knudsen
LL/99748
82 of 102
Bottom of Shaft in a Coal Pit
[Stereoscopic Gems of American and Foreign Scenery / 952 Series]
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Paul Burford
LL/99769
83 of 102
Norman A. Forsyth, Butte, Montana
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Michael Pecosky
LL/99777 [Further details available]
84 of 102
Gold Quartz Mining, 10th Level. 1,200 Feet Under Ground, Robinson Mine, Johannesburg, South Africa
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Tomasz Bielawski
LL/99688
85 of 102
Coal Mining - Coal Strata, and Miners Shoveling and Drilling for a Blast.
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Tomasz Bielawski
LL/99687
86 of 102
Smugglers Batteries
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Bill Lee
LL/99773
87 of 102
Zinc Vat
n.d.
Stereoview
Private collection of Bill Lee
LL/99774
88 of 102
Abandoned Mine Showing how Prop Timber Is Used to Support Roofs of Tunnels, Scranton, Pa., U.S.A.
1905
Stereoview
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object Number: 84.XC.1158.390
LL/102615
89 of 102
Backlist for "Stereoscopic Views of the Pennsylvania Oil Regions Photographed by J. West, Bradford, Pa."
n.d.
Stereoview, back
Private collection of Neil Campau
LL/120978
90 of 102
Oficina Ramirez, calderos y bateas
[Album de las Salitreras de Tarapaca]
1889
Albumen print
Private collection, Ciudad Real, Spain
LL/62322
91 of 102
Imperial Oil in Sarnia
1899
Photograph
Private collection of John S. Rochon
LL/86773
92 of 102
Quarry workers in Vermont
1890s
Glass negative, broken, inverted
Private collection of Stephen Restelli
LL/88662
93 of 102
Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co.
1911, January
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LOT 7477, no. 1942 / LC-DIG-nclc-01131 - color digital file from b&w original print
LL/8632
94 of 102
Quarry near Dattenberg (Steinbruch bei Dattenberg).
1925-1935 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
47.8 × 16 cm (18 13/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
J. Paul Getty Museum
© J. Paul Getty Trust, Object Number: 84.XM.126.441
LL/116475
95 of 102
"Germania" (Coal Mine Germania IV, Dortmund)
1952-1954
Gelatin silver print, Agfa Brovira paper
16.7 × 22.6 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/8 ins)
Villa Grisebach Auktionen GmbH - Berlin
Auction 311, 27 November 2019, Lot: 2131R
LL/94731
96 of 102
"Germania" (Coal Mine Germania II, Dortmund)
1952-1954
Gelatin silver print, Agfa Brovira paper
22 × 15.8 cm (8 5/8 x 6 1/4 ins)
Villa Grisebach Auktionen GmbH - Berlin
Auction 311, 27 November 2019, Lot: 2132R
LL/94732
97 of 102
Hammerhead winding tower, Heinrich Robert Colliery, Hamm
1955 (ca)
Gelatin silver print, on Agfa-Brovira paper
Lempertz - Cologne
Auction 1189 - Photography, 3 December 2021, Lot: 521
LL/115972
98 of 102
[Operator checking pipeline manifold, Dollarhide Plant, Pure Oil Company]
1954
Colour print
33.1 x 25.7 cm
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
SMU - Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph, Call Number : Ag1982.0234
LL/47029
99 of 102
Rocker and Rosie going home, Seacoal Beach, Lynemouth, Northumberland
[In Flagrante]
1984 (taken) 1986 (print)
Gelatin silver print
40.5 x 50.2cm (16 x 19 3/4in)
Bloomsbury Auctions - London
Auction, Photographs, 23 November 2012, Lot +a104
LL/49350 [Further details available]
100 of 102
Discarded Overburden, Strip Mining; Bohemia, Czech Republic
1992 (taken) 1994 (print)
Silver print, toned
14 x 14 ins (35.6 x 35.6 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Images & Objects: Photographs & Photobooks, 19 April 2016, Lot: 222
LL/66220
101 of 102
Active Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, Vermont
[Rock of Ages No. 1]
1991
Chromogenic print
Provided by the artist - Edward Burtynsky
Courtesy Edward Burtynsky, Toronto
LL/10557
102 of 102
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