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Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia

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Berezovsk Goldfield

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia

River running through the tailings of the Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Russia, one of the earliest Urals goldmines. Photo dates from circa 1905.

Photograph courtesy of Library of Congress, LC-DIG-prok-02151
Photo ID: 163785    View Count: 71

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines)

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia

Gold sluices on the Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg.

Photo dates from circa 1905.

Photograph courtesy of Library of Congress, LC-DIG-prok-02157
Photo ID: 163786    View Count: 69

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines)

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia

Gold Sluices of the Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Russia, one of the earliest Urals goldmines. Photo dates from circa 1905.

Photograph courtesy of Library of Congress, LC-DIG-prok-02157
Photo ID: 163788    View Count: 72

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines)

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), circa 1905. Miners are excavating gold-bearing dirt to be washed at the adjacent workings.

Photograph courtesy of Library of Congress LC-DIG-prok-02154



Photo ID: 163791    View Count: 64

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines)

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Russia circa 1905

Photo courtesy of Library of Congress. LC-DIG-prok-02155
Photo ID: 163792    View Count: 64

Washing Gold

Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia

A woman and child washing gold at the Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Russia, one of the earliest Urals goldmines. Photo dates from circa 1905.

Note the hand-operated "tube pump" which is being used by the boy to draw up water from the adjacent stream to wash the gold.

Photograph courtesy of Library of Congress, LC-DIG-prok-02153
Photo ID: 163779    View Count: 91
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