Caption

Above the 406, Cook's Kitchen Mine, The 66, Blue Hills Mine, Pillars in a mine in Cornwall, page, photomechanical print, Above a pillar in the Blue Hills Mine, below a pillar in the Cook's Kitchen Mine., number: '15.', number: '16.', photographer: John Charles Burrow, Cornwall, clichémaker: anonymous, United Kingdom, c. 1893, paper, Woodburytype, Woodburytypie, height 304 mm x width 243 mm, Prints opposite page 28., miner, shafts and galleries (of a mine), beam, joist, rafter, building material, A sepia-toned photograph showing an underground rock cavity supported by many angled timber beams and upright wooden posts with rough textured rock overhead and rocky floor; three men are visible among the supports wearing work clothes and hats, one man stands further back near the beams while another sits or crouches closer to the foreground and a third is partially visible near the top of the image; loose rock and rubble lie on the ground and the beams form a repeating diagonal pattern across the scene.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A98_348

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.2Mb (10.0Mb) / 12.0in x 18.9in / 3586 x 5675 (300dpi)

Keywords

406 Cook's Kitchen Mine 66 Blue Hills Mine Pillars mine Cornwall page photomechanical print pillar number 15 16 photographer John Charles Burrow clichémaker anonymous United Kingdom c 1893 paper Woodburytype Woodburytypie height 304 mm x width 243 mm Prints opposite page 28 miner shafts galleries beam joist rafter building material sepia-toned photograph showing underground rock cavity supported angled timber beams upright wooden posts rough textured rock overhead rocky floor three men visible supports wearing work clothes hats man stands further back near beams another sits crouches closer foreground third partially visible near top image loose rock rubble lie ground beams form repeating diagonal pattern across scene