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  1. A Lone Sentinel of the Copper Frontier.

    Burra, South Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #SouthAustralia #Burra #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MiningHistory #RuralAustralia #LandscapePhotography #MidNorthSA

  2. A Lone Sentinel of the Copper Frontier.

    Burra, South Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #SouthAustralia #Burra #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MiningHistory #RuralAustralia #LandscapePhotography #MidNorthSA

  3. A Lone Sentinel of the Copper Frontier.

    Burra, South Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #SouthAustralia #Burra #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MiningHistory #RuralAustralia #LandscapePhotography #MidNorthSA

  4. A Lone Sentinel of the Copper Frontier.

    Burra, South Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #SouthAustralia #Burra #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MiningHistory #RuralAustralia #LandscapePhotography #MidNorthSA

  5. A Lone Sentinel of the Copper Frontier.

    Burra, South Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #SouthAustralia #Burra #BlackAndWhitePhotography #MiningHistory #RuralAustralia #LandscapePhotography #MidNorthSA

  6. Rare Swansea colliery archive uncovered as new auction house launches in the city

    A treasure trove of Swansea’s mining past has surfaced after a newly launched auction house in the city was handed a rare archive dating back more than a century.

    Homefront Auctions, based in Swansea, says it has been entrusted with the Lonlas Colliery Company Limited Archive — a remarkable collection of original letters, ledgers and cheques from 1912 to 1925, preserved for generations by descendants of the former colliery owner.

    The documents, unseen until now, offer an intimate glimpse into the day‑to‑day running of one of the area’s historic pits at a time when coal powered Wales’ industrial boom.

    The archive forms part of the company’s latest sale, which closes on Tuesday 10 February, and is already drawing interest from collectors and local history enthusiasts.

    Also going under the hammer is a rare 1908 miners’ lamp made by John Jones of Pontyberem and used by a Blaengwynfi miner — a piece auctioneers say is “hugely significant” to Wales’ mining heritage.

    Homefront Auctions, which has only recently opened its doors, says it is proud to be bringing such important local artefacts back into the public eye.

    A spokesperson said the items “represent a vital part of Welsh industrial history” and that the business is keen to support interest in the region’s mining communities.

    Alongside the historic mining pieces, the sale also includes a haul of nostalgia for sports fans — from Swansea City and Wales rugby programmes to signed Wales and Ospreys shirts and a collection of Neath RFC memorabilia.

    #auction #HomefrontAuctions #industrialHeritage #Lonlas #LonlasCollieryCompanyLimited #minersLamp #miningHistory #Swansea
  7. The spirit of Burra, holding court atop the old mine stack.

    Burra, South Australia.

    Photo and edit by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #BurraMine #HistoricChimney #MiningHistory #Statue #RuralLandscape

  8. The spirit of Burra, holding court atop the old mine stack.

    Burra, South Australia.

    Photo and edit by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #BurraMine #HistoricChimney #MiningHistory #Statue #RuralLandscape

  9. The spirit of Burra, holding court atop the old mine stack.

    Burra, South Australia.

    Photo and edit by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #BurraMine #HistoricChimney #MiningHistory #Statue #RuralLandscape

  10. The spirit of Burra, holding court atop the old mine stack.

    Burra, South Australia.

    Photo and edit by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #BurraMine #HistoricChimney #MiningHistory #Statue #RuralLandscape

  11. A stark reminder of South Australia's mining history at the Burra Mine.

    Burra, South Australia.

    Photo and edit by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #BurraSA #LandscapePhotography #CopperMine #MiningHistory

  12. A stark reminder of South Australia's mining history at the Burra Mine.

    Burra, South Australia.

    Photo and edit by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #BurraSA #LandscapePhotography #CopperMine #MiningHistory

  13. A stark reminder of South Australia's mining history at the Burra Mine.

    Burra, South Australia.

    Photo and edit by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #BurraSA #LandscapePhotography #CopperMine #MiningHistory

  14. A stark reminder of South Australia's mining history at the Burra Mine.

    Burra, South Australia.

    Photo and edit by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #southaustralia #BurraSA #LandscapePhotography #CopperMine #MiningHistory

  15. 24 October in Leiden: Guy Geltner will be presenting "(Under)mining Preindustrial Europe: Ecology, Society and Culture, 1180-1550 CE" as part of the seminar series Medieval and Early Modern History.

    #medieval #earlymodern #mininghistory #envhist #ecology

    universiteitleiden.nl/en/event

  16. 24 October in Leiden: Guy Geltner will be presenting "(Under)mining Preindustrial Europe: Ecology, Society and Culture, 1180-1550 CE" as part of the seminar series Medieval and Early Modern History.

    #medieval #earlymodern #mininghistory #envhist #ecology

    universiteitleiden.nl/en/event

  17. 24 October in Leiden: Guy Geltner will be presenting "(Under)mining Preindustrial Europe: Ecology, Society and Culture, 1180-1550 CE" as part of the seminar series Medieval and Early Modern History.

    #medieval #earlymodern #mininghistory #envhist #ecology

    universiteitleiden.nl/en/event

  18. 24 October in Leiden: Guy Geltner will be presenting "(Under)mining Preindustrial Europe: Ecology, Society and Culture, 1180-1550 CE" as part of the seminar series Medieval and Early Modern History.

    #medieval #earlymodern #mininghistory #envhist #ecology

    universiteitleiden.nl/en/event

  19. (1/4) Is 50 years a long time for a closed mine? This article discusses the continuing selenium pollution associated with a closed coal mine in Canada. Yet our researchers are investigating how pollution from mining can be visible after 500 years.
    thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/02/Coa

    #premodern #mininghistory #envhist

  20. (1/4) Is 50 years a long time for a closed mine? This article discusses the continuing selenium pollution associated with a closed coal mine in Canada. Yet our researchers are investigating how pollution from mining can be visible after 500 years.
    thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/02/Coa

    #premodern #mininghistory #envhist

  21. (1/4) Is 50 years a long time for a closed mine? This article discusses the continuing selenium pollution associated with a closed coal mine in Canada. Yet our researchers are investigating how pollution from mining can be visible after 500 years.
    thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/02/Coa

    #premodern #mininghistory #envhist

  22. (1/4) Is 50 years a long time for a closed mine? This article discusses the continuing selenium pollution associated with a closed coal mine in Canada. Yet our researchers are investigating how pollution from mining can be visible after 500 years.
    thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/02/Coa

    #premodern #mininghistory #envhist

  23. ☀️ Recordamos que as inscrições para a edição 2025 da Escola de Verão da NOVA FCSH fecham a 23 de Junho. Estas são as propostas do IHC:

    🍁 Botânica e Arte, com Luís Mendonça de Carvalho
    💎 A Global History of Diamond Mining, com Tijl Vanneste

    +info: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/agenda/

    #Histodons #ArtAndScience #Botany #Arts #Diamonds #DiamondMines #Mining #MiningHistory #SummerSchool #OnlineCourses #Botânica #Arte #ArteECiência #Diamantes #MinasDeDiamantes #HistóriaDaMineração #CursosOnline #EscolaDeVerão

  24. ☀️ Recordamos que as inscrições para a edição 2025 da Escola de Verão da NOVA FCSH fecham a 23 de Junho. Estas são as propostas do IHC:

    🍁 Botânica e Arte, com Luís Mendonça de Carvalho
    💎 A Global History of Diamond Mining, com Tijl Vanneste

    +info: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/agenda/

    #Histodons #ArtAndScience #Botany #Arts #Diamonds #DiamondMines #Mining #MiningHistory #SummerSchool #OnlineCourses #Botânica #Arte #ArteECiência #Diamantes #MinasDeDiamantes #HistóriaDaMineração #CursosOnline #EscolaDeVerão

  25. ☀️ Recordamos que as inscrições para a edição 2025 da Escola de Verão da NOVA FCSH fecham a 23 de Junho. Estas são as propostas do IHC:

    🍁 Botânica e Arte, com Luís Mendonça de Carvalho
    💎 A Global History of Diamond Mining, com Tijl Vanneste

    +info: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/agenda/

    #Histodons #ArtAndScience #Botany #Arts #Diamonds #DiamondMines #Mining #MiningHistory #SummerSchool #OnlineCourses #Botânica #Arte #ArteECiência #Diamantes #MinasDeDiamantes #HistóriaDaMineração #CursosOnline #EscolaDeVerão

  26. ☀️ Recordamos que as inscrições para a edição 2025 da Escola de Verão da NOVA FCSH fecham a 23 de Junho. Estas são as propostas do IHC:

    🍁 Botânica e Arte, com Luís Mendonça de Carvalho
    💎 A Global History of Diamond Mining, com Tijl Vanneste

    +info: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/agenda/

    #Histodons #ArtAndScience #Botany #Arts #Diamonds #DiamondMines #Mining #MiningHistory #SummerSchool #OnlineCourses #Botânica #Arte #ArteECiência #Diamantes #MinasDeDiamantes #HistóriaDaMineração #CursosOnline #EscolaDeVerão

  27. ☀️ Recordamos que as inscrições para a edição 2025 da Escola de Verão da NOVA FCSH fecham a 23 de Junho. Estas são as propostas do IHC:

    🍁 Botânica e Arte, com Luís Mendonça de Carvalho
    💎 A Global History of Diamond Mining, com Tijl Vanneste

    +info: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/agenda/

    #Histodons #ArtAndScience #Botany #Arts #Diamonds #DiamondMines #Mining #MiningHistory #SummerSchool #OnlineCourses #Botânica #Arte #ArteECiência #Diamantes #MinasDeDiamantes #HistóriaDaMineração #CursosOnline #EscolaDeVerão

  28. ☀️ Abriram as inscrições para a edição 2025 da Escola de Verão da NOVA FCSH. Deixamos-vos duas propostas calorosas:

    🍁 Botânica e Arte, com Luís Mendonça de Carvalho
    💎 A Global History of Diamond Mining, com Tijl Vanneste

    +info: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/agenda/

    #Histodons #ArtAndScience #Botany #Arts #Diamonds #DiamondMines #Mining #MiningHistory #SummerSchool #OnlineCourses #Botânica #Arte #PatrimónioNatural #ArteECiência #Diamantes #MinasDeDiamantes #HistóriaDaMineração #CursosOnline #EscolaDeVerão

  29. ☀️ Abriram as inscrições para a edição 2025 da Escola de Verão da NOVA FCSH. Deixamos-vos duas propostas calorosas:

    🍁 Botânica e Arte, com Luís Mendonça de Carvalho
    💎 A Global History of Diamond Mining, com Tijl Vanneste

    +info: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/agenda/

    #Histodons #ArtAndScience #Botany #Arts #Diamonds #DiamondMines #Mining #MiningHistory #SummerSchool #OnlineCourses #Botânica #Arte #PatrimónioNatural #ArteECiência #Diamantes #MinasDeDiamantes #HistóriaDaMineração #CursosOnline #EscolaDeVerão

  30. ☀️ Abriram as inscrições para a edição 2025 da Escola de Verão da NOVA FCSH. Deixamos-vos duas propostas calorosas:

    🍁 Botânica e Arte, com Luís Mendonça de Carvalho
    💎 A Global History of Diamond Mining, com Tijl Vanneste

    +info: ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/agenda/

    #Histodons #ArtAndScience #Botany #Arts #Diamonds #DiamondMines #Mining #MiningHistory #SummerSchool #OnlineCourses #Botânica #Arte #PatrimónioNatural #ArteECiência #Diamantes #MinasDeDiamantes #HistóriaDaMineração #CursosOnline #EscolaDeVerão