View of the Besshi copper-cobalt mining area, ca. 1905.
Besshi mine, Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
The ore ropeway between the "Sumitomo Besshi Mine and the Shisakajima smelter and refinery of Sumitomo.”, constructed by Adolf Bleichert & Co., Leipzig, in 1905. Vintage picture postcard, photographer unknown.
G. Grundmann collection.
© Günter Grundmann, Detmold.