"1013  I. O. M.  Laxey Wheel" with a man at its top for scale, unused color postcard, faint album toning near the corners, long scrape near the right front border, otherwise fresh. From 1854 this wheel pumped water from the Great Laxey Mining Company in the Isle of Man. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 im

    "1151 Machine Drill." with a good look at the equipment, corner crease. Good work scene. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mpm

    "11973 HAULING OIL TO MINES IN ARIZONA." Unused Fred Harvey Phostint postcard, fresh appearance. $5.00 (fm)

    "122. - BERRY-au-BAC (Aisne). - Les Crayères - …" showing part of the chalk quarries held by the French during World War I, green back, one uneven edge (from booklet separation), one bent corner. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50  mf

    "220 - RICHEST HILL IN THE WORLD, BUTTE, MONTANA." published by Edward Mitchell,  mailed 1907, long corner crease, minor corner & edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 m(b)mms+

    "24--Granite Quarry, Barre, Vermont" including several workers on a ledge, unused linen postcard, mild corner softening.  $3.25 vm^

    "3. Carr Fork, Bingham Canyon, Utah" color postcard mailed 1909, corner crease most easily seen from the back, minor corner rounding. This interesting & historic scene depicts mining of copper, lead, and zinc ore, and the preparation of the area for smelting operations of International Smelting and Refining (which commenced the following year). This area was declared a Superfund Site in 2000 due primarily to the levels of arsenic & lead in the soil after the operations of IS&R and later companies. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 ume

    "668 - HYDRAULIC MINING, IDAHO" published by Edward H. Mitchell, unused, browning paper, trivial corner & edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 imm

    "942 Harvesting Salt near Great Salt Lake, Utah / Photo by Davis" unused linen, pertinent information on back, album marks on back. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (mup)

"9G1XA" DXpedition shortwave QSL viewcard used 1993 by operator Randy Martin (K0EU). The front pictures a village near the Teberebie gold mine. (2 available) $5.00 each. gm& NEW / NOVA / NOU

    "A Coal Mine near Mc Alester, Oklahoma" interesting view showing some workmen near where they loaded railroad cars, mailed 1908, 2 tiny tears in one side close well, tiny corner crease, minor corner & edge wear, light smudge in upper left front corner. Nicer than it sounds. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 !

"Alaska / AND THE / Klondike / Gold Fields" hardbound book with illustrated cover & spine, by A. C. Harris, 1897 copyright. 556 pages give a full account of the discovery, routes traversed by minors, instructions on how to find gold, camp life, etc. Embellished with many engravings & a fold-out map. Used with spine starting to separate, but still retaining most of its appeal. $27.50 am

    "Annaberg-Buchholz" black & white multiview with 5 scenes-- including a mining hammer, post card mailed from East Germany 1950, but stamp removed. small tear. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 me

    "BERRY-au-BAC (Aisne), avant la Grande Guerre -- Le Port et la Carrière -- The Wharf and the Quarry" showing canal boats, writing on back. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (fm)

BERTHA MINERALS COMPANY. Glossy black & white 4"x6" photograph of its 4-4-0 steam locomotive #9 & 'Special' tender on October 31 1937, probably in Bartow County Georgia, good composition, contrast a bit high, unattributed. The company mined barytes & ochre. Hard to find. $10.00 rgm

"BINGHAM COPPER MINE, UTAH" chrome postcard mailed 1953, corner & edge wear. $1.00 Unused, less corner & edge wear. $1.25 um^

    "Cliffs Shaft Mine, Ishpeming, Mich. / 105830" its exterior, necessarily seen from a distance; unused white-border era post card, minor corner wear, rubber band mark on back. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 m(i)m

    "COAL MINE VENTILATION / WITH / THE CANTON AUTOMATIC TRAP DOOR / ADAPTED TO ALL CONDITIONS AND ALL HAULAGE SYSTEMS" advertising card in monochromatic dark blue from the American Mine Door Company, on the back of an image showing the dedication of the McKinley Monument on Sept. 30, 1907, two small corner creases, advertising side toned, mild corner rounding. $14.00 mo(c)a NEW / NOVA / NOU

    "Coal Mining: Homeward Bound 584-14" showing child coal-pickers and wheelbarrows up close, small corner crease, minor edge wear. Likely in Pennsylvania. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 sm

    "Coke Ovens and Coal tipple, Fayette County, Penn." colorful night view, good edges. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pm%

    "COLUMBIA BANGOR SLATE QUARRY, BANGOR, PA." black & white Collotype, very late usage at Pen Argyl, light corner crease, 2 smudges near stamp. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pcm

    "Convicts at Work in Quarries, Portland" postcard showing their work to obtain the stone for Portland Harbour breakwaters, mailed 1910, corners rounded with wear, large water stain at 2 corners easier to see from the back, a couple of tiny speckles of cancel ink detectable in the sky. Serious offenders were sent there for hard labor. $9.00 emp

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    "EAST RAND GOLD MINES from JOHANNESBURG" real photo postcard mailed there to US in 1954. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ms

    "EL8F" QSL postcard used 1968 by operator E. Stuber at the Bang Mining Company in Monrovia Liberia, interesting black & white view of 2 native dugout canoes for the front design. $3.00 ls(p)m

"Eureka No. 36 Mine, Windber, Pa. / Motors and tracks" including miners & a DANGER sign in the foreground; color postcard mailed at Hooversville in 1913 to Mrs. Orland Miller of North Cuba New York (by her daughter), mild corner rounding, two corners creased (one conspicuously). The sign we mention was prescient: records indicate that at least 343 miners died in the Berwind-White mines in that company town. $20.00 p(w)mg& NEW / NOVA / NOU

    "Frost in Mining Tunnel, Dawson, Yukon" monochromatic dark blue, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 70044 from Portland Post Card Co., postcard mailed 1908 in Seattle, minor corner & edge wear. Writer comments the frost is sometimes 6-7 feet thick in the damp tunnels! Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 yme

    "Gold Dredge, Scenic Alaska". Northwest Magazine Distributors. black & white postcard, unused, unusual subject matter. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 am

    "High Kicker at Mine" showing a mule objecting to the load it pulled, circa 1908, corner wear & rounding. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ma+

    "Hoosier Slide, Michigan City, Ind." showing a Michigan Central Railroad facility,  some of its rolling stock, & 3 men; color post card mailed 1911, mild corner & edge wear, speckles of cancel ink in the sky, light album toning at back corners, bottom corner crease. The dune was still being mined for glassmaking sand at this time. $8.75 irgm NEW / NOVA / NOU

    "ICE MINE ENTRANCE, COUDERSPORT, PA. / ICE CRAWLING OVER THE ENTRANCE TO NATURE'S WONDER. MAMMOTH ICICLES AND ICE FORMATIONS IN MINE / VISITED ANNUALLY BY THOUSANDS." white-border era postcard mailed 1925, 2 corner creases, a few small dark spots in lower front caption area. This site is not literally a mine, but rather a cave. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 pcm

    "Ida May Mine #44 of the Bethlehem Min Corp., / located about 8 miles south of Fairmont, West / Virginia..." unused chrome postcard. Removal from album leaves whitish very thin spots prominent on front. Edge wear, small corner crease, as. is. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 mw(f)#

"IRON MOUNTAIN IRON MINE / Iron Mountain, Michigan, U.S.A. / 'America's Favorite Mine Attraction' / Visitors all aboard min train ..." unused chrome post card with round corners as issued, back paper starting to yellow evenly with age. $2.00 m(i)m

KIRKFIELD CRUSHED STONE COMPANY (Kirkfield Ontario). 5"x7" black & white photograph (bordered in black) of its Vulcan locomotive, copyrighted, very hard to find. $7.50 rmo%

    "LEAD AND ZINC MINES IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA / OKLAHOMA / the Sooner State" unused, yellowish paper, small corner bend, edge wear on top, Writing on front asserts the scene is at "Pitcher Okla". Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 o(n)m

    "Lincoln Mine. Virginia, Minn." black & white postcard with dark red caption, circa 1908, considerable corner & edge wear, internal crease, couple small toning spots on face. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 m(v)m

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    "Loading Sherman Gravel, near Buford, Wyo. / On Line of Union Pacific" showing a large quarry shovel in action loading a Union Pacific Railroad car, color post card, circa 1915, corner & edge wear along bottom, otherwise fresh. Interesting markings on train: 'LAST CAR', M. C. H. COUPLER / AIR BRAKE', 'NEW YORK / AIR BRAKE' & more. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 wmr

"LOUISIANA SULPHUR / PORT SULPHUR, LA. / Frasch process sulphur, mined by Freeport / Sulphur Company ..." including a large crane & a couple of workers; unused post card dating to 1969 (from publisher's code), back paper starting to yellow with age, good edges. $3.00 l(p)m NEW / NOVA / NOU

    "M-A-2:-GRANITE QUARRY, MOUNT AIRY, N. C." unused linen post card, fresh appearance. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mn

    "MAHONING MINE  LARGEST OPEN PIT MINE IN THE WORLD, HIBBING, MINN." including a couple of trains within & a large shovel, white-border era postcard from Duluth Photo Engraving Co., good edges & fresh appearance. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mms

    "Michigan Alkali Co. Quarries, Alpena, Mich." in Michigan, unused Ekc real photo. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (mm(a))

"Mine Cars found in W. B. Brooks / 'Thoroughfare' Mine, Jan 29, 1912" showing 2 old cars that were underground some 26 years, according to the sender of the postcard mailed 1912 in Nelsonville Ohio, some oxidation, small corner crease. This small mine at one point employed about 50 men. Rare; the best Athens County postcard we have ever seen. $50.00 o(n)mg& NEW / NOVA / NOU

    "Miner's Cabin in Winter Time, Y.T." in Yukon Territory, black & white, trivial wear at one corner. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (146,853 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 eywm

    "Miners going down the Shaft of Coal Mine." Close-up in color, mailed 1907, undivided back, minor corner wear & rounding. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (mp)

    "Miner's Hospital, First Ward, / Fairmont, W. Va." postcard mailed 1918, light cancel on front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 wmm

    "Mine Trolley" color from Illustrated Postal Card, mailed 1907 at Ariel Pennsylvania, minor corner & edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (mu)

"'LUHRIG COAL WASHER, ZALESKI, OHIO'  10085" including some tracks passing by its exterior, unused color postcard, circa 1908 judging by the back; noticeable corner & edge wear, a very few tiny dark spots on the back. Near present-day Lake Hope, this washer would separate out unmarketable wastes such as iron pyrite, and flush them into Raccoon Creek (also called Coon Creek, which ran black and acidic as a result, and whose fish died out for decades). $12.00 o(z)o(r)m& NEW / NOVA / NOU

    "Mont Cornillet -- Intérieur du tunnel - Tunnel inside" showing a mine interior, black & white carte postale with green back, unused. Interesting signs--one pointing to the infirmary! Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (fmi)#

    "Office of MARBLE HEAD LIME CO., 56, 58 & 60 West Lake St., Chicago ____________ 1882" government postal card with red barrel of lime in the message area, used as intended, light toning on front. $115.00 im. Same except, 1880 printed instead of 1882 & crossed off for 1879 use! $125.00 im. 1879 use. $160.00 im.

PHILADELPHIA & READING COAL & IRON COMPANY / P. & R. C. & I. CO. Approximately 5"x7" glossy black & white photograph showing its Black Diamond steam locomotive with tender, contrast a bit high. The coal mining company was the predecessor to the modern Reading Anthracite Company. SALE IN PROGRESS rpm

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    "Placer Mining, near Steamboat Springs, Colo." showing two miners at work circa 1910, unused, sepia-tone. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cmp

Postcard Collector. July 1991 (Volume 9, Number 7). Features on Independence Day, Coney Island, mines of Butte & more. $2.50 p,m

    "Quartz Crushing Battery, City of Bendigo, Victoria"  black & white with minor corner wear & rounding, back printing reads "Victoria Welcomes the American Fleet", unused, unusual subject matter. The Fleet referred to the the Great White Fleet which visited in 1908. The crushing operation facilitated the recovery of gold from the nearby mines. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (vm)

    "Rand Gold Mines, Johannesburg." real photo post card from Newman Art Publishing, unused, minor ding at one edge. $5.00 (sm)^

"Rock of Ages Granite quarry / BARRE, VERMONT" unused chrome multiview postcard. $1.00 (3 available) Meter mailed 1970. $1.00 (mv)

"Russellville Anthracite Coal Co.  Finest equipped mine in the / Southwest.  Russellville, Ark.  2428." color postcard mailed there 1909 To Miss Goldie Chappell in Prescott Arkansas, lightly toned both sides, a bit of corner & edge wear. Definitely rare. $25.00 am& NEW / NOVA / NOU

    "SANITARY MULE BARN IN MINE." white-border era, unused, unusual subject matter, name written in right margin, trivial corner wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (ami)

    "SECTION OF THE 'RICHEST HILL IN THE WORLD.' BUTTE, MONT." showing extensive mining of copper, linen postcard with Northern Pacific Railroad advertising of its North Coast Limited printed on back, small spots of light toning along top front edge. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 m(b)mr

    "Showing Operation of Steam Shovels, China Copper Co. SANTA RITA, New Mex." black & white post card mailed 1914 in Missouri, corner wear & rounding, light cancel ink on front. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 nm#

    "Smith Granite Quarry, Westerly, R. I." in Washington County Rhode Island, interesting view in color, postcard mailed there 1910, small corner crease & other edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (rm)

"STEEL BRIDGE / NEVADA CITY, CAL. / 316" sepia-tone real photo post card mailed 1909 from Grass Valley (bold flag cancel), light toning on back, several tiny / small spots of grayish toning in sky (cancel ink, some of which blends into the treetops), trivial corner & edge wear. Sender's message refers to Nevada City as a mining town. The image shows a man standing at the rocky creek, with a small shanty in the background (its roof is the light area near the center of the image). Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 400% of original print area) & enhanced 144-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 cmb!!

"St. Genevieve Missoury(sic) / Limestone quarry" art with hand-written caption, home-made (and, hence, unique) post card used 1955, inconspicuous but long vertical crease. $1.75 m(s)m

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    "Stone Quirey(sic) Corning Ohio" sepia-tone Azo (triangles up) real photo postcard, unused, low contrast / grayish. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 om

    "STRIP MINING MAUMEE-COLLIERS #28-COAL MINE / NEAR LINTON, IND. S-107" unused Ekc real photo, fairly fresh. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mi

"The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, Lansford, Pa. / One of the Breakers producing celebrated 'Old Company's Lehigh' Coal / COALDALE BREAKER" with 'OLD COMPANY'S LEHIGH' trademark at the upper right, color advertising postcard mailed 1915, minor corner wear, back lightly toned. Very hard to find! $20.00 p(l)ma NEW / NOVA / NOU

"The 'primary' at Eagle-Pichers / sprawling central mill. Picher Okla." unattributed art on a well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1956 at North Miami Oklahoma, tiny ding in bottom edge, bottom corners soft. The Eagle-Pitcher mine yields copper from shales in Jackson County Oklahoma. $2.50 io(p)m

    "THE UTAH COPPER MINE. / BINGHAM CANYON NEAR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH" color with stitch holes at side (from booklet), 2 bent corners. Interesting close-up of a large crane at work. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mu%

    "This is a picture of the bunkers / up at the mine…you can scarcely see the / tram-way" sepia-tone real photo post card with caption taken from writing on back. Location not specified but we would guess Alaska. heavily toned back, low-contrast / grayish. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 400% of original print area) & enhanced 144-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 m

"TUSCARAWAS COAL SALES / Retail - Wholesale--Domestic, Commercial, and Industrial Coal/ ... / Don. E. Gilletly / Operators -- Truckers -- Dealers" advertising postal card for Genuine Wainwright coal, mailed 1955 with detailed information (mining, processing, delivery) about its products, a little cancel ink on front but everything is readable. $4.00 mo

    Uncaptioned real photo postcard showing several Latvian miners with some basic tools, blue imprint on back from seller in Riga, uneven edges as issued, toned back, low-contrast / grayish. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 400% of original print area) & enhanced 144-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 ml

    "UNDERGROUND MARBLE QUARRIES, WEST RUTLAND, VERMONT 43" unused linen postcard from Hughes & Co., light toning along right front edge. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (mvi)

"Underground / Mine Tours / Experience copper mining as it / truly was in the 1800's" full-color brochure with map, photos & contact information. Location: Greenland Michigan. $1.00 m(g)m

    "Vermont, Marble Quarry, West Rutland" color from Hugh C. Leighton, postcard mailed circa 1909, corner & edge wear. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 400% of original print area) & enhanced 144-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 (mv)

Wanted to buy--Pennsylvania mining scenes on post cards with specific locations mentioned. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

Wanted to buy--post cards & postal cards from there related to the stone quarry. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c NEW / NOVA / NOU

    "W. F. RANDALL'S WHITE SAND PIT / OTTAWA, MINN." including a standing man for scale, sepia-tone real photo postcard mailed there 1910, back toned lightly from album contact, trivial corner & edge wear. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 m(o)mg

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