Natural Resources Collection

Opening the Mayo Colliery at Gogose, Chandah, India, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Opening the Mayo Colliery at Gogose, Chandah, Central Provinces, India, 1870. Engraving of a sketch by 'Mr. H. Rivett Carnac

Fiord of Kangerlic, South Greenland, in the Month of August, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Fiord of Kangerlic, South Greenland, in the Month of August, 1856. View of...the Fjord of Kangerluarsuk [also spelt Kajarlik

Lead Mine and Cryolite, in Arksul Ford, 1856. Creator: H. Crane
Lead Mine and Cryolite, in Arksul [sic] Ford, 1856....Evigtok...in Arksuk [Arsuk] Fiord, with the miners houses, smithy, store-house...and the lead ore being wheeled over the ice to the ship...the

Fort Fillmore, New Mexico, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Fort Fillmore, New Mexico, 1854. View of...one of the garrisons first built by the United States Government on the Rio Grande del Norte...In the background are seen the great chains of the White

Evaporating House and Salt Pan, Marston Salt-Pit, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Evaporating House and Salt Pan, Marston Salt-Pit, [Cheshire], 1850. To crystallize the brine to perfection requires care in the evaporation - a proper regulation of heat

The Marston Salt-Pit, 1850. Creator:s Read
The Marston Salt-Pit, [Cheshire], 1850. Salt...was an ingredient alike in pure religious rites, an instrument of sorcery

Regent-Street - Marston Salt-Pit, 1850. Creator:s Read
Regent-Street - Marston Salt-Pit, [Cheshire], 1850. The gigantic columns of rock salt - with floor and roof of the same mineral - all glittered in the sudden light; and the shadows of the guests

The Shaft - Descent of the Bucket, Marston Salt-Pit, 1850. Creator:s Read
The Shaft - Descent of the Bucket, Marston Salt-Pit, 1850. Scene at Marston Mine, near Northwich, in Cheshire....every facility was shown to strangers who were desirous of seeing the wonders of

Atlas of the Yakut ASSR (Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). Socialist Yakutia, 1982. Creator: Soviet Union
Atlas of the Yakut ASSR (Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). Socialist Yakutia, 1982. This atlas was published in 1982 for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Soviet

View of the Salt Mountains of Rawal Findi, Himalayas, c1891. Creator: James Grant
View of the Salt Mountains of Rawal Findi, Himalayas, c1891. From " Cassells Illustrated History of India Vol. II.", by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York]

Yucca, Hair, Cotton, Feathers (mural study), ca. 1933-1943. Creator: Unknown
Yucca, Hair, Cotton, Feathers (mural study), ca. 1933-1943

Sinew, Fiber, Reed, Bark (mural study), ca. 1933-1943. Creator: Unknown
Sinew, Fiber, Reed, Bark (mural study), ca. 1933-1943

Ichaboe - mode of shipping the guano, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Ichaboe - mode of shipping the guano, 1844. Loading bird manure off the coast of south-west Africa. Account of Lieutenant Petrie: Up to the 24th of May, in this year alone

The Island of Ichaboe, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Island of Ichaboe, 1844. It is...to its being the depository of guano, in almost incredible quantities, that Ichaboe owes its importance...The surface of this island is covered with birds manure

Scenes on the North Branch of the Susquehanna, 1874. Creator: James H. Richardson
Scenes on the North Branch of the Susquehanna, 1874....the furnace on Hunlocks Creek, Nanticoke ferry, Danville, the hemlock-gatherers, the stone-quarry, etc

Great Glacier, Selkirk Mountains, Canada, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Great Glacier, Selkirk Mountains, Canada, c1900. In 1857 gold was discovered in the Selkirks, as well as coal, copper, marble, mercury, silver, and zinc

Gem Mining, Ceylon, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
Gem Mining, Ceylon, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

Timber raft, Canada, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Trade Mark
Timber raft, Canada, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide

Stacking salt in the great salt fields of Solinen, Black Sea, Russia, 1898. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Stacking salt in the great salt fields of Solinen, Black Sea, Russia, 1898. Detail from a stereoscopic card

In a great pine forest, collecting turpentine, North Carolina, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. Harvesting pine resin. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Peeling bark for making bark cloth, Uganda, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Peeling bark for making bark cloth, Uganda, late 19th or early 20th century. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Native Americans bringing beaver skins to European traders, 17th century (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume I, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London

Wind pump, 1678. Artist: Athanasius Kircher
Wind pump, 1678. A print from Mundus subterraneus, by Athanasius Kircher, Amsterdam, 1678. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

A gusher in the Pennsylvanian oilfields, USA, 1886. Edwin L Drake drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania near Titusville in 1859

Wealth of the Indies, 17th century. Design for a Gobelin tapestry showing rich flora and fauna and products of the West Indies and Central and South America

Mineral Court of New South Wales, Centennial International Exhibition, Australia, 1888. Artist: O Shamessy
Mineral Court of New South Wales, Centennial International Exhibition, Australia, 1888. In 1888 the city of Melbourne hosted an exposition in commemoration of the centenary of the arrival of

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