Underground Mining Operations

Images depict various underground tunnels and excavation sites, showcasing machinery and lighting in a rugged, earthy environment.

emerald mine - drilling for blasting underground s.w. vein, regal ridge, yukon territory, canada

A790779 U12G NUTCRACKER J BOYES(Project Engineer) OCT 25 79EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 10/25/1979 BOYES, JOHN; G-TUNNEL; GROUND BREAKING CEREM. (SNL); GROUNDBREAKING; HOLES; HOLES (IN THE GROUND); MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; NUTCRACKER 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

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

Salt mine of Nemocon, Colombia, South America

A770826 U12G DRILLING IN H.E. DRIFT BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) MAR 15 77 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/15/1977 DRILLING; DRILLING IN H.E. DRIFT; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; H.E. DRIFT; HARD HATS; HOLES (IN THE GROUND); HOSES, AIR; HYDRA FRAC; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MINERS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR TESTING; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; 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.

Man operating heavy equipment called bolter

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

Fixed-rope Route, climbing a via ferrata route. Italian Alps. Mountain tourism in the Dolomites. Region Brenta, Italy, Europe

A730134 U12E FAST GATE BOB STEINBAUGH (Project Engineer) MARCH 28 73 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/28/1973 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; HFR; HFR (X-RAY FLUX); HIGH FLUENCE RECOVERY; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; FAST GATE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A gold mine shaft, South Africa, Africa

Coal mine 1.jpg Hard coal mining underground in a mine in the German Ruhr area. Independent energy supply Copyright: xZoonar.com/ThomasxFuhrmannx 21386851

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

A841114 U12G GAS FRAC PERF A RECOVERY JERRY CUDERMAN (Project Engineer) SEP 20 84EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/20/1984 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); G-TUNNEL; GAS FRAC; GAS FRACTURE; GAS FRACTURE EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; PERF; PERF A RECOVERY; RECOVERY; RECOVERY OPERATION; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; GAS FRAC-PERF A RECOVERY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

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

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

Engineers inspect tunnelling at site of hydroelectric project Uri Jammu and Kashmir India 6-April-2008 Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Coal mining

Bo Gong County , Sichuan Province, People Lived

machine maintenance, salt, potash mining, Sigmundshall near Bokeloh, Lower Saxony, northern Germany

A761017 U12G TUNNEL HYDRA FRAC INSTRUMENTATION BILL VOLLENDORF (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 23 76 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/23/1976 CABLES (NON ELECTRIC COMPANY); CABLES, COAXIAL; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; HYDRA FRAC; HYDRA FRAC INSTRUMENTATION; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; 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.

A740739 U12G HYDRA FRAC BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) SEP 12 74EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/12/1974 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; HYDRA FRAC; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MEASURED; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT & RELATIONSHIP; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PICKAXES; ROCK FORMATIONS; ROCK STRUCTURES; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); SUPPORT PLATES; TAPE MEASURES; 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.

Scotland, Edinburgh, Scottish Mining Museum, display 1500 ft down the mine to the mine head.

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

Exploring the Depths: A Worker Fortifies Tunnel Infrastructure with Steel Reinforcement

Miners Drilling Holes To Place Dynamite Into The Rock With A Compressed Air Pneumatic Drills In A Shaft Of The Cerro Rico De Potos

A841108 U12G GAS FRAC PERF A RECOVERY JERRY CUDERMAN (Project Engineer) SEP 19 84EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/19/1984 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); G-TUNNEL; GAS FRAC; GAS FRACTURE; GAS FRACTURE EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; PERF; PERF A RECOVERY; RECOVERY; RECOVERY OPERATION; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; GAS FRAC-PERF A RECOVERY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Arctic Circle, Lapland, Scandinavia, Sweden, Kiruna, LKAB mining tour, largest underground iron ore mine in the world

A740463 U12G O'CORE EQUIPMENT BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) MAY 15 74 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/15/1974 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; HEAD LAMPS; MALE; MALES; MAN; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MINERS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; O'CORE EQUIPMENT; POLES; 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.

A761501 U12G HYDRA FRAC BILL VOLLENDORF(Project Engineer) DEC 3 76EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 12/3/1976 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; HYDRA FRAC; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MEASURED; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTS; TAPE MEASURES; 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.

France, Paris, sewer workers

Coal mine in West Virginia.

COPPER MINE CHILE

A810641 U12G ROCK MECHANICS LAB BILL VOLLENDORF (PROJECT ENGINEER) NOV 12 81 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 11/12/1981 BULLDOZERS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS/ITEMS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCK MECHANICS LAB; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; 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.

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

stairs in the subsoil

Infrastructure in Progress: Construction Worker Manages Debris Removal in Tunnel Excavation Site

North America, Mexico, Guanajuato State. The entrance to the shaft of the La Valenciana mine.

Female digger with flashlight explores the tunnel

An abandoned mine shaft leads to nowhere.

Caving, Grotte de La Diau, Parmelan, Haute-Savoie, France

Wine Cellar Loire River Valley France

Inside the Underbelly of Progress: A Glimpse into Tunnel Construction and Engineering Marvels

3D illustration of Bitcoin inside Bitcoin mine

Tourists taking a tour through the Britannia Mine in Sqamish, British Columbia, Canada

U.S. Air National Guard Senior Airman Eric Spoerner, 210th Engineering Installation Squadron radio frequency operations journeyman, verifies the correct conduit paths and space available for future fiber optic installs in a telecommunications maintenance hole on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 26, 2022. Radio frequency operations journeymen are responsible for installing and maintaining radio frequency communications.

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

gold ore mining cart

Remains of an old stamping battery in Karangahake of the past gold rush time, Coromandel peninsula, New Zealand

Belgian endive, French endive, witloof (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) at market garden in Belgium

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

World Heritage - Mining Landscape Schneeberg: Wolfgang Maßen's treasure trove

Figure miner, Saalfelder Feengrotten show mine, interior view, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

coal mining

Engineering in Action: A Closer Look at Tunnel Reinforcement and Construction Techniques

A851021 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; INSTRUMENTATION; 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.

Difficult passage in speleology in the river Meuse

A790254 U12G RS-7, 8, & 9 GAS FRAC EQUIPMENT D TEISHER (Project Engineer) APR 5 79EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/5/1979 BAGS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GAS FRAC; GAS FRAC EQUIPMENT; GAS FRACTURE; GAS FRACTURE EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; TEISHER, D; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A730336 U12E HFR RECOVERY TOM HUNTER (Project Engineer) NOV 14 73 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 11/14/1973 DAMAGES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; HARD-HATS; HFR; HFR RECOVERY; HIGH FLUENCE; HIGH FLUENCE RECOVERY; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RECOVERY; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS & ARMAMENTS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

AIEA, Hawaii (April 11, 2022) Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command contractors Matt Cornman, front, and Jonathan Martinez perform a routine inspection on a water pipe that connects to a granular activated carbon system at the Red Hill Well. The U.S. Navy continues to work with federal, state and local organizations to support families and residents, conduct long-term monitoring of the Navy water system, and work toward remediating Red Hill Well and the surrounding area. For detailed information, go to: www.navy.mil/jointbasewater.

Pit horse, salt mine, Wieliczka, Poland, Europe

Geneva, Switzerland, May 22, 2014: Construction of piperoof grouting for tunnel construction, Europe

Romania, Transylvania, Praid, Praid Salt Mine, rock climbing course

Germany, Bavaria, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze, installers working with rope pulley on goods cable lift

Oil-press, Gallipoli, Salento, Apulia, Italy.

Elk Tanning

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

France, Nord, French Flanders, Lewarde, Centre Historique Minier, mining museum housed in the converted buildings of the Delloye Coal Mine, mine shaft display.

A770828 U12G DRILLING IN H.E. DRIFT BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) MAR 15 77 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/15/1977 DRILLING; DRILLING IN H.E. DRIFT; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; H.E. DRIFT; HOLES (IN THE GROUND); HOSES, AIR; HYDRA FRAC; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MINERS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR TESTING; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; 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.

Female digger with flashlight explores the tunnel

Radioactive nuclear waste from America's nuclear weapons program stored in an ancient salt formation a half mile underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA, North America

A760443 U12G HYDRA FRAC BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) MAR 26 76 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/26/1976 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; HEAD LAMPS; HOLES (IN THE GROUND); HYDRA FRAC; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR TESTING; PICKAXES; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TAPE MEASURES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; 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.

Remains of an old stamping battery in Karangahake of the past gold rush time, Coromandel peninsula, New Zealand, Oceania

Cave excavator holding a discovery while working at a dig site in Unicorn Cave in Germany; Germany

Mine of Bocamina San Cayetano (La Valenciana) Guanajuato, state Guanajuato, Mexico

Guided tour in the Buechenberg mining museum, disused ore mine, Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Miners looking for opal traces after blasting Coober Pedy. South Australia.

A man uses a vacuum to clean the duct work in the air handler of a major international hotel chain in Orlando, Florida.

Interiors of a mine, Mina El Eden, Zacatecas, Mexico

Collapsed lateral tunnel of the Malinta Tunnel, Corregidor, Manila Bay, Philippines, Asia

The Underworld - Photographs from caves all over the world

Sea gipsy on a bamboo bridge going to collect birds nests used in soups, in Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Adit, German Mining Museum, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Cooperative partnership project between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service West Virginia Field Office and Partners for Fish and Wildlife included erecting a bat gate to the entrance of Trout Cave located in Franklin, WV in order to protect the endangered. Subjects: Buildings, facilities and structures; Caves; Habitat conservation; Mammals; Endangered species. Location: West Virginia.

Mine Bett spectacular zinc mine in disuse LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/PIERLUIGIxPALAZZIx 23313709

Armenia, Yerevan. Yerevan Noy Brandy Company, distillers since the 19th century, underground passages and brandy casks.

Storage EPICA ice coring Concordia Antarctic

Statue of a miner at the Bernsteiner Felsenmuseum, mining museum, Bernstein, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

NA, USA, Idaho, Wallace. Miner holding a stick of dynamite in a silver mine.

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

Hoboken, N.J., Dec. 4, 2012 The Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) remains closed due to salt water inundation caused form Hurricane Sandy. The PATH power staff is working overtime to get the trains up and running by December 17th. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

Water sewer pipe with running flow

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

Romania, Transylvania, Praid, Praid Salt Mine, interior

Blurred motion of water splashing out of cement sewer pipe

Mettenschicht in the Ehrenfriedersdorf tin mine

Mettenschicht in the Ehrenfriedersdorf tin mine

Advanced Underground Mining Vehicle at Work in a Modern Tunnel Construction Site

Gold miners in cage lift plunging 3km to work underground, near Johannesburg, South Africa

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