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A Dangerous Job | |
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Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA A miner doing what is perhaps the most dangerous job underground -- removing loose slabs of rock from the ceiling after the face of the orebody has been blasted. Roof bolts will be installed once the ore has been hauled away. This is on the 900 foot level in the south orebody. Photograph by Chris Anderson, May 1987 (scanned slide). |
| © Alan Goldstein | Photo ID: 124107 View Count: 210 |
Calcite in the Roof of the Mine | |
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Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA Brecciated areas on the 900-foot level in the south orebody contained abundant doubly terminated calcite. Minor fluorite and bitumen are also present. Photograph by Chris Anderson, May 1987. |
| © Alan Goldstein | Photo ID: 124081 View Count: 401 |
Dumping Fluorite into the Grizzly | |
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Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA A small dump truck dumps ore onto the grizzly - a metal grid. Larger rocks are broken up by the jack hammer. Smaller ore immediately goes through the chute to be hauled to the surface in a skip (ore bucket). Photograph by Chris Anderson, May 1987. (From a scanned slide) |
| © Alan Goldstein | Photo ID: 124078 View Count: 199 |
End of the Shift | |
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Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA At the end of the shift, miners head back to the cage which sits atop the skip (ore core). Photograph by Chris Anderson, May 1987. (From a scanned slide) |
| © Alan Goldstein | Photo ID: 124178 View Count: 129 |
Fish-eye view of headframe | |
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Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA This is a fish-eye view of the headframe of the Annabel Lee mine, shot by Chris Anderson, May, 1987. |
| © Alan Goldstein | Photo ID: 123963 View Count: 203 |
Front-end Loader Moving In | |
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Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA A diesel-powered front-end loader moves in to the mine face of the south orebody. This equipment is hauled down to the bottom of the shaft in pieces where it is assembled in the shop. Photograph by Chris Anderson, May 1987. (From a scanned slide) |
| © Alan Goldstein | Photo ID: 124171 View Count: 130 |
Getting ready to remove ore | |
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Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA A diesel-powered front-end loader reaches the mine face of the south orebody at 900 feet below the surface. The diesel exhaust fogs the air. Photograph by Chris Anderson, May 1987. (From a scanned slide) |
| © Alan Goldstein | Photo ID: 124172 View Count: 107 |
Good Bye Fluorite! | |
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Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA A front-end loader hauls fluorite to a dump truck in the south orebody, 900 feet below the surface. Photograph by Chris Anderson, May 1987. (From a scanned slide) |
| © Alan Goldstein | Photo ID: 124175 View Count: 136 |
Hoist Operator at the Annabel Lee | |
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Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA The hoist operator sitting at the control panel. He is responsible for bringing miners in and out, as well as ore, equipment and supplies. Photograph by Chris Anderson, May 1987. (From a scanned slide) |
| © Alan Goldstein | Photo ID: 124180 View Count: 154 |
Jumbo at 1300 feet undergorund | |
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Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA Perhaps the noisiest place on earth was where this picture was taken. Drilling 1,300 feet beneath the surface in the face of the north orebody in the Annabel Lee mine, this image shows the "jumbo" with 2 rotary drills. The noise level was probably about 150 decibels! We didn't stay very long! Photo by Chris Anderson, May 1987. |
| © Alan Goldstein | Photo ID: 123964 View Count: 204 |
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