Different mining photos at Pro-Bergbau !

A collection of different mining photos !

This is a collection of photos I took or received recently. The first six ones are taken in the area of the cities of Hamm and Bergkamen (Germany). The other pictures have been sent to me by friendly visitors of my homepage - Thank you very much for that.

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A Protego cap at Grimberg 1/2 colliery's area.	Exactly here was the former Grimberg 1 shaft.	Lerche shaft in the end of May 2005.	Once again Lerche shaft in the city of Hamm (Germany).


Beautiful clouds seen near Lerche shaft.	A panel at a pub in Hamm in Germany.	Underground in earlier times.	Once again the group of miners.


Lohberg colliery in Dinslaken in Germany.	Another winding tower of Lohberg colliery.	The colliery's remarkable winding tower.	The entrance to Lohberg colliery's area.


An aerial photograph of Lohberg colliery.	Lohberg/Osterfeld colliery at night - photo 1.	Lohberg/Osterfeld colliery at night - photo 2.	Lohberg/Osterfeld colliery at night - photo 3.


Lohberg/Osterfeld colliery at night - photo 4.	Lohberg/Osterfeld colliery at night - photo 5.	Lohberg/Osterfeld colliery at night - photo 6.	Lohberg/Osterfeld colliery at night - photo 7.


Lohberg/Osterfeld colliery at night - photo 8.	At Graf Bismarck colliery in 1962.	A former German Chancellor underground.	Konrad Emde shaft from far away.


In my eyes this is a beautiful winding tower.	Konrad Emde shaft from very close.	In a mining area of Rheinpreussen colliery.	A nice mining area at Rheinpreussen colliery.


The team in the longwall mining area.	Auguste Victoria colliery in Marl (Germany).	Auguste Victoria colliery at night.	A work of art in the colliery's atrium.


The photos' owner before going underground...	...and with a nice winding tower in the background.	Traces of the colliery in the Sauerland.