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Mining in Germany before 1914

Mine accident at the Minister Achenbach coal mine , 1912

Two police officers with a spiked helmet guard the entrance to the administration building of the Minister Achenbach mine in Luenen after a mine accident occurred there. There had been an underground explosion. In front of the gate a crowd has gathered.

Look into a tunnel, 1909

View into a so-called cross cut downhole. On the left is a miner with horse. It pulls loaded drams.

Miners at work underground, 1909

Miners mend the supporting structure of a tunnel in September 1909.

Wilhelmschacht of the Eschweiler mine

A drawing of the Wilhelm shaft of the pit Anna II of the Eschweiler mine in Alsdorf near Aachen. Undated photo, before 1930. da in diesem Jahr die Schachtanlage und die umstehenden Gebäude durch eine Explosion untertage weitestgehend zerstört wurden.

Mining in the Harz, 1899

Scene in an ore gallery in the Rammelsberg mine in the Harz near Goslar.

Memorial to a mine accident, 1911

The monuments for the mine accident from 12.11.1908 in the Radbod pit in Hamm on 20.11.1911, three years after the misfortune. Bei diesem Unglück sind ungefähr 350 Bergleute ums Leben gekommen. Es wurde wahrscheinlich durch eine offene Grubenlampe verursacht, die eine Gasansammlung zur Explosion brachte.

Ore mining in the Harz, 1899

View into a tunnel in the ore mine of Rammelsberg near Goslar in the Harz. Miners at work.

Miners' settlement in Hamm, 1908

The housing estate for miners of the Radbod colliery in Hamm. Hier ereignete sich am 12.11.1908 ein schweres Grubenunglück mit rund 350 Toten.

Mining until 1945

Ore mining in the Harz, 1899

View into a tunnel in the ore mine of Rammelsberg near Goslar in the Harz. Miners at work.

Electric locomotive in Germany, 1882

An electric mine locomotive by Siemens and Halske, which was used for 45 years in the coal mine Zauckerode in Saxony before it came to the Siemens Museum. It ran with electricity served by an overhead line. The running direction could be changed through an appropriate mechanism and changing the driver's seat.

Copper mine in Tsumeb in Namibia, 1936

The copper mine in Tsumeb from Otawi-Minen AG in Namibia / Southwest Africa. On the left, the white huts of the workers, in the middle the open pit.

The Tsumeb Mine in German South West Africa, 1938

The Tsumeb mine in German South West Africa, which was operated from 1907 to 1996. It belonged to the Otavi Mining and Railway Company. (OMEG)

Employees at the Royal Amber Mine in Palmnicken, 1913

Employees of the Royal Amber Mine in Palmnicken, East Prussia / Germany (today: Jantarny), produce cigars and cigarette holders, pipes and other utensils.

Diamond washing plant in German South West Africa, 1910

Men working in a diamond washing plant.

Diamond washing plant in German South West Africa, 1911

The photo shows workers panning for diamonds in the "Frohe Hoffnung" mine of the Deutsche Diamantengesellschaft ("German Diamond Company").

Fritz Haber, 1913

The German chemist and director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber (right) and Professor Dr. Light (left) developed a rescue device for the mining, the so-called 'Pit Pipe' (graph on the board).

Miners in a mine, 1913

Miners drill in a tunnel with a horizontal drill.

Children working in a mine in the 19th century

Children pushing a cart through a tunnel in a mine