Cave and Mine Exploration

Exploratory scenes from caves and mines, highlighting natural rock formations, underground passages, and adventurers navigating through dimly lit environments.

Canada, British Columbia, Britannia Beach, British Columbia Museum of Mining, mine interior

Ehrenfriedersdorf tin mine

The Underworld - Photographs from a very famous European cave called The Gouffre Berger, in France

Rappeling in cave of Mallorca

Canada, British Columbia, Britannia Beach, British Columbia Museum of Mining, mine interior

Two female cave explorers walk easily through a satisfying tunnel termed 'Lemon Squeezy' in Whiterock (cave).

Former largest basalt mine, old mining, lost place, Mending, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Reiche Zeche silver mine, Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Cave excavators working at a dig site in Unicorn Cave in Germany; Germany

Coal mine, old mine, Lost Place, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Cave excavators working at a dig site in Unicorn Cave in Germany; Germany

Sygun Copper Mine, Beddgelert, Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK

Wheel room of the Unverhofft Segen Gottes Erbstolln in Oberschöna, where there is a 13 metre high and 2.5 metre wide vault, in which a water wheel was operated in the 18th century, which kept the pumps running at a depth of 70 metres, 19th Day of the Mining and Metallurgy Exhibition in the District of Central Saxony, Oberschöna, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Two female cave explorers stop for a rest whilst exploring this delightfully linear tunnel deep in Whiterock (cave).

Caving Expedition to explore the caves of the Tongzi mastersystem in northern Wulong County, Chongqing Province of China

A770939 U12G PUFF-N-TUFF H.E. DRIFT J. TALBUTT (Project Engineer) APR 11 77 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/11/1977 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FLOODED; G-TUNNEL; H.E. DRIFT; HOSES (WATERING); HYDRA FRAC; LIGHTS (ELECTRIC); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR TESTING; PUFF-N-TUFF; PUFF-N-TUFF H.E. DRIFT; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TALBUTT, J.; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A831277 U12T MIDAS MYTH GENERAL SHOTS KECK (Project Engineer) OCT 20 83EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 10/20/1983 CABLE PORTS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GENERAL SHOTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MIDAS MYTH; MIDAS MYTH TEST; N-TUNNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PIPES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; MIDAS MYTH-GENERAL SHOTS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A cave explorer watches on as another de tackles the ropes in a cave in New Britain

GALERIA EN PROCESO DE HORMIGONADO - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: CENTRAL ELECTRICA. VIANA BOLLO. Orense. SPANIEN.

Coal mine, old mine, Lost Place, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Wheel room of the Unverhofft Segen Gottes Erbstolln in Oberschöna, where there is a 13 metre high and 2.5 metre wide vault, in which a water wheel was operated in the 18th century, which kept the pumps running at a depth of 70 metres, 19th Day of the Mining and Metallurgy Exhibition in the District of Central Saxony, Oberschöna, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Mine shaft behind the Great Laxey Wheel, Isle of Man, crown dependency of the United Kingdom, Europe

TUNEL EN ROCA PARA CONDUCCION DE AGUA A LAS TURBINAS - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: CENTRAL ELECTRICA. VIANA BOLLO. Orense. SPANIEN.

Wieliczka Salt Mine Wieliczka Salt Mine continuously produced table salt from the 13th century until 2007 as one of the world s oldest operating salt mines. Copyright: xZoonar.com/Photographer:xMariuszxS.xJurgielewiczx 2667117

Interior of Zedekiah's Cave a 5-acre underground meleke limestone quarry under the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem

Lost Place, electricity pylon, U relocation Meise 1, Schwelmer Tunnel, Schwelm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Pneumatic hammer for ore extraction, Rammelsberg mine site, Goslar, Harz, Lower-Saxony, Germany, Europe

Female digger with flashlight explores the tunnel

Headlamps of two men exploring a mine shaft.

The 60 meters tunnel of Ein Tzuba

Sparkling wine bottles in cellar at Kupferberg Winery, Mainz, Germany

The Underworld - Photographs from caves all over the world

Mining Cars Inside A Shaft In Cerro Rico De Potos

Introduction to Caving Cave Balm France

A770933 U12G PUFF-N-TUFF H.E. DRIFT J. TALBUTT (Project Engineer) APR 11 77 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/11/1977 BROOMS (HOUSEHOLD); EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FLOODED; G-TUNNEL; H.E. DRIFT; HOSES (WATERING); HYDRA FRAC; LIGHT BULBS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR TESTING; POST-SHOT PHOTOGRAPHS; PUFF-N-TUFF; PUFF-N-TUFF H.E. DRIFT; PUFF-N-TUFF TEST; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TALBUTT, J.; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Former Mine Working Slate Cavern Tunnel at Dinorwig Quarry (Dinorwic Quarry), Eryri (Snowdonia National Park), North Wales, United Kingdom

A770983 U12G PUFF-N-TUFF SPHERE PLACEMENT J. TALBOT (PROJECT ENGINEER) APR 14 77 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/14/1977 CABLES (NON ELECTRIC COMPANY); EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; LIGHT BULBS; MATERIALS, STRUCTURAL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PUFF-N-TUFF SPHERE PLACEMENT; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); STRUCTURAL MATERIALS; SUPPORT PLATES; TALBOT, J.; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; PUFF-N-TUFF-SPHERE PLACEMENT historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Reiche Zeche silver mine, Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Miner demonstrating a compressed air rock drill in an adit, disused ore mine, Buechenberg mining museum, Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Caving Expedition to explore the caves of the Tongzi mastersystem in northern Wulong County, Chongqing Province of China

Old lime mine Miltitz

Mount Isa Underground Hospital and Museum. In 1942 with the threat of Japanese attacks a fully equipped underground emergency hospital was built, the area excavated by miners in their spare time. Now fully restored it is a tourist attraction. Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

Cave explorer descends into a free hanging shaft in a cave on the island of Crete

Miner working with twin boom drill in a mine, Faro, Yukon, Canada

Poland, Wieliczka, Salt mine, Underground tunnel

Interior of Zedekiah's Cave a 5-acre underground meleke limestone quarry under the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem

A851016 SEISMIC STATIONS NELSON'S LANDING LEO BRADY (Project Engineer) JUN 21 85 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/21/1985 CABLES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; ENTRY POINT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTATION; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; NELSON'S LANDING; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; SEISMIC; SEISMIC EQUIPMENT; SEISMIC STATIONS; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Cutting-Edge Tunnel Construction: Inside the Infrastructure Development Transforming Modern Transit

Cuba, Vinales Valley. Tobacco farms, cigar production. Tobacco storage and drying warehouse. Leaves on poles.

Transport tunnel, quarry, Wuelfrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A781460 U12G GAUGE INSTALLATION JAMES GREENWOLL (PROJECT ENGINEER) NOV 2 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 11/2/1978 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GAUGE INSTALLATION; GREENWOLL, JAMES I; HOSES; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; LIGHT BULBS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

TUNNEL WORKERS

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A851019 SEISMIC STATIONS NELSON'S LANDING LEO BRADY (Project Engineer) JUN 21 85 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/21/1985 CABLES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; ENTRY POINT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTATION; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; NELSON'S LANDING; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; SEISMIC; SEISMIC EQUIPMENT; SEISMIC STATIONS; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Kaolin pit Seilitz

Exploring the Depths: Inside the Robust Infrastructure of Modern Tunnel Construction

A cave explorer crawls through a cave in Crete

Limestone mine, old mine, Lost Place, Belgium, Europe

Salt mine of Nemocon, Colombia, South America

Salt cave Tuz Terapi Merkezi in Tuzluca, Eastern Anatolia, a. Huge salt cave left after salt mining, now using as Halotherapy area

UNESKO World Cultural Heritage: The Altenberg-Zinnwald mining landscape in the Eastern Ore Mountains

USA, California, Napa County, Napa Valley. Lichen on bottles in the hand-hewn caves at Schramsberg Vineyards winery.

A770980 U12G PUFF-N-TUFF SPHERE PLACEMENT J. TALBOT (PROJECT ENGINEER) APR 14 77 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/14/1977 CABLES (NON ELECTRIC COMPANY); EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS, STRUCTURAL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PUFF-N-TUFF SPHERE PLACEMENT; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); STRUCTURAL MATERIALS; SUPPORT PLATES; TALBOT, J.; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; PUFF-N-TUFF-SPHERE PLACEMENT historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Wheel room of the Unverhofft Segen Gottes Erbstolln in Oberschöna, where there is a 13 metre high and 2.5 metre wide vault, in which a water wheel was operated in the 18th century, which kept the pumps running at a depth of 70 metres, 19th Day of the Mining and Metallurgy Exhibition in the District of Central Saxony, Oberschöna, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Abandoned and collapsed mine with remains of underground buildings and structures 1132500093

South Africa, Orange Free State, Miners Working Underground.

Tunnel in underground salt mine

A830271 U12G WON TON INSTALLATION CARL SMITH (Project Engineer) MAR 25 83 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/25/1983 CABLES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; G-TUNNEL; INSTRUMENTATION; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; PANELS; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; WIRES; WON TON; WON TON INSTALLATION historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Zimbabwe, Industry, Working Underground In The Arcturus Gold Mine.

Rich Colliery

Aerial topdown shot of mine vehicles, in Minas de Rio Tinto, Andalusia, Spain.

GALERIA EN PROCESO DE HORMIGONADO - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: CENTRAL ELECTRICA. VIANA BOLLO. Orense. SPANIEN.

Turmhofschacht poke wheel system The Turmhof poke wheel was built to drive a wet poke mill for ore processing and was in operation from 1846 to 1889. It is the last functioning waterwheel in German ore mining that is still largely in its original condition. 19th Day of Mining and Metallurgy Displays in the District of Central Saxony, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Caving Expedition to explore the caves of the Tongzi mastersystem in northern Wulong County, Chongqing Province of China

Two men examining rocky wall

Kaolin pit Seilitz

Lost Place, hand truck, air raid shelter, Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

A man leans into a stream of water to quench his thirst underground in Moon Cave.

Prospector inside his mine, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA, North America

Silberberg mine, Silberberg mine

People visiting a mine

Argentina, Jujuy, El Aguilar, Minera Aguilar's lead, zinc and silver mine

Tour of Bellevue Mine, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada

Speleologists removing rock. Gruta-da-moura-encantada cave. Central Portugal

A740460 U12G O'CORE EQUIPMENT BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) MAY 13 74 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/13/1974 CORE DRILLING; CORES; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MALE; MALES; MEN; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; O'CORE EQUIPMENT; SAWHORSES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VOLLENDORF, BILL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Old mine for extraction of sand and stone

Prospectors in their gold mine, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA, North America

A firefighter crawls in a confined space search and rescue drill in a dark industrial boiler.

Mine in Cerro Rico, richest hill on earth, hand mining of silver and zinc today, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

Caving Expedition to explore the caves of the Tongzi mastersystem in northern Wulong County, Chongqing Province of China

Underground staircase at salt mine corridor. Tunnel in a cave

Caving in the rocky mountains, canmore, alberta, canada

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Sewer with water , Tunnels, Sewers, Waterways Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

UTIL PARA HORMIGONADO DE GALERIA - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: CENTRAL ELECTRICA. VIANA BOLLO. Orense. SPANIEN.

FRA - BRITTANY - AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL BRETAGNEIn the remote countryside of central Brittany, at the end of a road that the GPS has difficulty pointing out, one ends up reaching the place called Kerlanic, called by its residents "Oasis Kerlanic". He was nicknamed that because, for someone who tries to escape the frenzy of our society, it is as if he were in the desert and found, in the middle of nowhere, an oasis.It is a place where we live in autonomy and in harmony with nature, a place where everyone is welcome and who preaches an alternative lifestyle.FRA - BRETAGNE - UNE COMMUNAUTÉ AUTONOME EN CENTRE BRETAGNEDans la campagne reculée du Centre Bretagne, au bout dune route que le GPS peine à indiquer, on finit par atteindre le lieu-dit Kerlanic, appelé par ses résidents « Oasis Kerlanic ». Il a été surnommé comme cela car, pour quelquun qui cherche à fuir la frénésie de notre société, cest comme sil était dans le désert et quil trouvait, au milieu de nulle part,

Cave excavators working at a dig site in Unicorn Cave in Germany; Germany

History. Mining. Room work in a potash mine. 1925. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany.

Mine gallery, Rammelsberg mine site, Goslar, Harz, Lower-Saxony, Germany, Europe

Roccamorice, Italy A man sweeps a dirt floor Eremo di San Bartolomeo sanctuary, an old monastery.

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