Recent mining photos at Pro-Bergbau !

Another page of recent mining photos !

Here you can find another collection of recent mining photos. The first set was taken at Haus Aden colliery in Bergkamen-Oberaden (Germany). The second one - containing the photos of a very remarkable shaft tower - shows you the area of the former Hugo colliery in Gelsenkirchen-Buer (Germany). The third serial was taken during the blasting of Hugo 8 shaft on the same area. Finally, there are two photos showing the shaft tower 4 of the former Koenigsborn III/IV colliery in Boenen (Germany).

Additionally some impressions of West colliery (Kamp-Lintfort, Germany) can be found here. The photos offer different views - of the tunnel for trainees and of some of the colliery's shafts.

In order to know who took the photos, please take a look at the photographers' names indicated on the corresponding pages.

Please click on the photos' small versions in order to enlarge them and to get the corresponding background information. ATTENTION: The pictures' explanations can now be found UNDER the large versions.


Haus Aden colliery.	A shaft tower in Bergkamen-Oberaden.	A nice view from the side.	In the halls of Haus Aden colliery.


Haus Aden's second shaft tower.	One tower und two smoke stacks.	Hugo colliery in Buer - shaft No. 2.	The tower's upper part.


A tower without ropes in Gelsenkirchen.	A really impressioning shaft tower.	The tower and lots of old bricks.	Former wheels of the shaft tower.


This is a really nice photo - impressioning.	The blasting of Hugo 8 shaft, photo1.	The blasting of Hugo 8 shaft, photo2.	The blasting of Hugo 8 shaft, photo3.


The blasting of Hugo 8 shaft, photo 4.	The blasting of Hugo 8 shaft, photo5.	Now the tower is a part of the city's history...	The shaft tower and a cloud of coal dust.


Koenigsborn colliery in winter times.	An interesting winding tower.	In the practice gallery, photo 1.	In the practice gallery, photo 2.


West colliery seen from a slagheap.	The view from the town hall on the colliery.	Two of West colliery's shafts.	West colliery and it's railway area.


Trains transport the coal to the customers.	Norddeutschland shaft of West colliery.