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THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES DESCENDING THE BOTALLACK TIN-MINE, CORNWALL, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
he Prince and Princess of Wales descending the Botallack Tin-Mine, near St. Just, Cornwall, 1865. 'All the ladies and gentlemen, including the Princess herself...attired themselves in loose dresses of white flannel to go down into the mine...By the side of...[the] path, and on the heights above, were hundreds of people, the spectators of a curious scene. On each hand were high, jagged, weather-beaten rocks, with here and there a rude construction of planks and beams to aid in the working of the mine. Halfway below was the head of the shaft, the gaunt upper works and wooden platforms hanging over deep chasms, and at the base of the high rugged cliffs the water surging itself into foam against the black, seaweed-covered rocks...On arriving at the mouth of the shaft, the Princess..., having on a coarse straw hat trimmed with blue, took her place with Mr. St. Aubyn...the Prince and a brakesman sat on the next seat behind them...The car descended gently down a steep inclined plane, and in a moment, the Royal party had passed downwards from the light into the dark shaft, the depth of which is about 200 fathoms. The bottom-level of the mine extends horizontally about half a mile beneath the sea...A part of this mine belongs to the Prince of Wales'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Prince and Princess of Wales descending the Botallack Tin-Mine, Cornwall, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609487255
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: THE NEW ZEALAND COURT..., 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. '...some articles of furniture, such as tables and cabinets containing stuffed birds...[can be seen] in the foreground...[The court] was gaily ornamented with banners inscribed with the names and arms of the provinces of the colony. Apart from the manufactured articles of native woods, of which were exhibited some beautiful specimens, the collection...[consisted] mainly of natural products, notable amongst which was gold from Otago and Terante, and auriferous quartz, minerals, ores, native copper...fossils, ironstone, fireclay, marble, agate, cornelians, silureous incrustations of sulphur, Waihohu coal, native woods from Taraire and Pohuntuhawa; wools in great variety, some of them shorn from a cross between Leicester and Merino sheep, which was especially noticeable; and then numerous examples of flax. Besides this there was an interesting collection of robes and garments worn by the natives, and an example of their war-canoes. Altogether the collection, though comparatively small, was well selected, and calculated to exhibit truthfully the characteristic productions and a good deal of the skill and industry of the colony'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609487170
THE CHAUDIÈRE GOLD-FIELDS, CANADA: THE DIGGINGS ON A TRIBUTARY OF THE CHAUDIÈRE, 1864. CREATOR: MASON JACKSON.
The Chaudière Gold-Fields, Canada: the diggings on a tributary of the Chaudière, 1864. 'Forty-eight years ago a woman, engaged in washing, found a large nugget of gold, which she sold for a trifle as a curious stone...In 1849 a small company was formed...and a great deal of gold was found, but not enough to enable the directors to declare a dividend...Since the abandonment of the company's works a few of the neighbouring habitans have obtained considerable quantities by means of washing with tin pans. As few strangers visited the locality, they managed to conceal their great success until a year ago, when a new party struck upon a deposit so rich that secrecy was no longer possible. The result has been that a gold fever raged all last summer, and threatens to break out again with increased fury whenever gold-washing can be resumed...During last season the men engaged to give one fourth of the gold found as tribute: as this, however, depended entirely upon their own good faith, it is impossible to estimate the average yield per man. One party of four, during eleven days' work, gave up 2 lb. 9 oz. as tribute...Some others gave quantities more or less reasonable, but by far the greater number made no return whatever'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The Chaudière Gold-Fields, Canada: the diggings on a tributary of the Chaudière, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609486535
TARRADALE VIADUCT, ON THE MELBOURNE AND SANDHURST RAILWAY, AUSTRALIA, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Tarradale [sic] Viaduct, on the Melbourne and Sandhurst Railway, Australia, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Morris and Co., of Elizabeth-street, Melbourne. '... the great northern line from Melbourne to Sandhurst, by way of Castlemaine...is eventually to be carried on to the Murrumbidgee River, and to provide for safe and cheap conveyance between Victoria and New South Wales. The town of Castlemaine, at the foot of Mount Alexander, is already a place of great commercial importance. Its site is well chosen for access to the northern and western gold-fields, as well as to the fertile agricultural plains of the Loddon and the Avoca, which lie behind it. Sandhurst, at the entrance of the Bendigo gold-field, is about twenty-six miles further on, through a picturesque country of grassy meadows and well-wooded hills. The Tarradale Viaduct...is reached before arriving at Castlemaine from the south. It is in the neighbourhood of some very rich quartz reefs, which have been worked so profitably that the roadside station of Tarradale has rapidly grown into a town...The Tarradale Viaduct is about 600 ft. in length and 100 ft. high. Its construction differs in no respect from that of many similar works in Great Britain'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Tarradale Viaduct, on the Melbourne and Sandhurst Railway, Australia, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484950
THE EXPLOSION ON WEDNESDAY WEEK AT EDMUND'S MAIN COLLIERY, BARNSLEY, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The explosion on Wednesday week at Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. 'Instantly a dense column of black smoke sprang from the cupola, like a gigantic tower, towards heaven. Its height is estimated at more than 100ft., and it remained for a few moments as clearly and sharply defined as the steeple of a church. The explosion was so violent that it not only forced back the current of air which was descending the downcast-shafts, but vomited from them also an immense volume of smoke, carried on a blast which hurled away the planks placed across the mouth of the shaft, snapping some of them in two like laths and tossing the others against the head of the gearing, whence they fell to the bottom of the shaft...In a few minutes the current resumed its natural course down the downcast-shafts; but the cupola continued to emit thick volumes of smoke until evening. The explosion is described by experienced persons as one of the most violent that had ever occurred in the mining districts of the North. In consequence of the explosion it has been determined to partially fill up the cupola-shaft, seal the mouths of the other two shafts, and flood the entire pit with water. The recovery of the bodies is delayed for months, but no more lives are lost'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The explosion on Wednesday week at Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484780
THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT ST. EDMUND'S MAIN COLLIERY, BARNSLEY, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The fatal explosion at St. Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley: trench cut to the Dearne and the Dove Canal for the purpose of flooding the pit, 1862. 'The last of the seventeen rescued persons was brought up from the Edmond's Main Colliery on the afternoon of Tuesday fortnight, and the proprietors, seeing the hopelessness of saving any more, took counsel of several mining engineers, and by their advice a number of men were set to work to cut a trench...This was an arduous task, as the cutting was required to be fourteen feet deep, and much of it through rock; besides which it implied the loss of all hope, and, consequently, gave great dissatisfaction to the friends of the missing men. A deputation of colliers waited upon the managers to request a further search to be made, but, as it was deemed both useless and dangerous, a negative answer was returned, which at one time it was feared would lead to a riot, a large crowd collecting round the office, one or whom threw a stone through the window... No doubt was entertained that that portion of the pit where the explosion commenced was completely inundated; but there were evidences of fire yet existing in. a portion of the upper workings, and the water was turned in on Friday'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The fatal explosion at St. Edmund's Main Colliery, Barnsley, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484035
NOVA SCOTIAN GOLDFIELDS: LAIDLAW'S FARM, NEAR HALIFAX, 1862. CREATOR: SMYTH.
Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment. 'This auriferous deposit is entirely different from any hitherto discovered, and, when laid open, presents the appearance of trees or logs of wood laid together side by side...From this circumstance the miners have applied the name of "barrel quartz" to the formation, which in many cases presents an appearance not unlike a series of small casks laid together side by side and end on end. The rock covering this remarkable horizontal vein is exceedingly hard, but beneath it for some little distance it is softer and somewhat more fissile. The quartz is itself foliated parallel to the lines of curvature, and exhibits a tendency to break in accordance with these striae. Large yields have lately been realised by many of the claims at those mines, but it is impossible to form any trustworthy estimate of the total amount of gold which has hitherto resulted from the mining operations, as the claims are for the most part worked by private individuals, who are generally indisposed to furnish information either as to their success or failure, and no official returns on the subject have as yet appeared'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Nova Scotian Goldfields: Laidlaw's Farm, near Halifax, 1862. Creator: Smyth. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484030
NOVA SCOTIAN GOLDFIELDS: HORIZONTAL FORMATION OF AURIFEROUS QUARTZ AT LAIDLAW'S FARM, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, [Canada], 1862. Engraving of a photograph by Captain W. D. Tompson, of the 17th Regiment. 'One of the most remarkable deposits of auriferous quartz hitherto found is undoubtedly that at Laidlaw's Farm, in Nova Scotia. The principal workings are here situated near the summit of a hill composed of hard metaphoric shales, where openings have been made to the depth of some four or five feet upon a nearly horizontal bed of corrugated quartz of from eight to ten inches in thickness. This auriferous deposit is entirely different from any hitherto discovered, and, when laid open, presents the appearance of trees or logs of wood laid together side by side...From this circumstance the miners have applied the name of "barrel quartz" to the formation, which in many cases presents an appearance not unlike a series of small casks laid together side by side and end on end. The rock covering this remarkable horizontal vein is exceedingly hard, but beneath it for some little distance it is softer and somewhat more fissile. The quartz is itself foliated parallel to the lines of curvature, and exhibits a tendency to break in accordance with these striae'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Nova Scotian Goldfields: horizontal formation of auriferous quartz at Laidlaw's Farm, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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