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  • Engineering: mines and tunnelling. Engraving.
  • A mine: cross-sections of a pulley and tunnels in the mine. Etching by W. Lowry.
  • The copper and silver mines of Collahuasi, Chile
  • A machine for the draining and working of mines.
  • John Taylor, mining engineer and geologist. Lithograph after T. Lawrence.
  • Coal mining and diagrams of instruments used. Etching by Bénard.
  • The physical and moral condition of the children and young persons employed in mines and manufactures / Illustrated by extracts from the Reports of the Commissioners. For inquiring into the employment of children and young persons in mines and collieries, and in the trades and manufactures.
  • A coal mine: miners at work above and below ground. Coloured lithograph.
  • A mine: cross-section and diagrams of furnaces. Etching by Bénard after Prevost.
  • Staking out and digging a mine. Etching by Bénard after De La Rue.
  • A silver mine in Potosí, Bolivia: cross-section and miners digging. Engraving, ca. 1750.
  • John Taylor, mining engineer and geologist. Mezzotint by Charles Turner, 1831, after T. Lawrence.
  • John Taylor, mining engineer and geologist. Lithograph by J.A. Vinter after S. Hodges.
  • A mine: cross-sections and surrounding land. Etching by Bénard after De La Rue.
  • An iron mine and miners working. Etching by J. Heath, 1813, after C.M. Metz.
  • Apparatus for coal mining and two illustrations of coalmines. Engraving by A. Krausse for G. Heck.
  • Kimberley, South Africa: the Kimberley mine and town. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • A mine: cross-sections and a horse powered wheel. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: exhibits in the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy. Photograph, 1904.
  • Kimberley, South Africa: Kimberley mine washing gear and floors. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • The salt mines at Dürrenberg: men are climbing ladders, hammering and carrying heavy loads on their backs. Etching.
  • Measuring devices and diagrams based on the measurements of a mine. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A mine: cross-sections of the galleries and miners are digging. Etching by Bénard after De La Rue.
  • Schemnitz, Hungary (Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia): a silver mine and miners descending. Engraving by T. Wallis, 1805, after W. Craig.
  • Kimberley, South Africa: miners and washing gear at the Bultfontein diamond mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • A mine: cross-section of a machine for extracting water from the pit and three optical diagrams. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • Wattstown, Wales: a rescue brigade of the coal mine, with breathing equipment and a training dummy. Photograph by A. Davies, 1914.
  • Wattstown, Wales: a rescue brigade of the coal mine, with breathing equipment and a training dummy. Photograph by A. Davies, 1914.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy: machinery manufactured by the Bethlehem Steel Company. Photograph, 1904.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: the Consolidation, Fairmont and Somerset Coal Companies exhibition stand: models of the mines. Photograph, 1904.