Mills & Mines

The Mills and Mines group is for any industrial building that has once been or still is a mill or mine.

signup or login to join this group

Featured Work

industry by Thomas Wolf

old gear wheels, taken near Görlitz in Germany
Cornish heritage by Rinkydink

as the rain hammers down here in South wales tonight, I went back to some of my summer shots in Cornwall in a bid to remember the warmth of the sun. / Wheal Coates mine stack St Agnes Cornwall…ah those summer days….
Littleton Water Mill by Dave Law

Littleton – New York – USA
Threaded by Richard Shepherd

As you can see here, there is still a huge amount of the stock of thread left behind at this abandoned mill in Yorkshire. Someone planning a pattern would decide on the colours that they wanted to use, then send a list of the colour numbers down here to the stock room and the relevant bobbins of thread would be sent back up.
Wind me up by Richard Shepherd

This is the internal gearing for the miners cage at an abandoned mine in Scotland. As you can see, the internals of this machine were kept in tip top condition to ensure that they would safely and reliably extract the miners from the shaft each and every time.
Mills in Dokkum by Minne

Mill ” Zeldenrust ” in the backgroun mill ” de Hoop ”. Dokkum,province Friesland, the Netherlands,
Frozen Grist Mill by Jason Vickers

This was captured at the Glade Creek Gristmill in the Babcock State Park in West Virginia, January 2008. I have used this image for several cards but thought it would make a great print also :) Featured in Mills & Mines , ALL COUNTRIES – Streams,Brooks,creaks,rivers,ponds&lakes, All Water in Motion,Prize Challenges!! ,Nikon DSLR Users Group, and Live, Love, Dream Groups. Taken with a Nikon D40 18-135mm. / Focal Length=44mm F/25 Exposure time 1/3 sec ISO-200 / Aperture Priority Mode +1 step
Opal Mine and Hoist by EarthGipsy

Best Viewed Large Lightning Ridge / Outback NSW / Australia The Ridge is world famous for beautiful black opal which is mined underground. A hole/shaft is drilled to a depth of about 25 metres before the miner commences digging a tunnel in his/her search for a fortune! Opal Dirt (mostly sandstone and clay) is taken to the surface by a hoist (shown here) or blower, it’s then dumped into the back of a truck or directly into a modified cement mixer where it is tumbled and washed for several hours. Other equipment used includes jackhammers and diggers……it’s all pretty basic! A mine claim is 50 metres x 50 metres, each miner can make a maximum of 2 claims. S/he works alone or in a small group partnership; there are no commercial companies operating at the ridge. / / Accolades / December 2008: Featured in Mills and Mines Group / December 2008: Featured in Gold Mine and Ghost Towns
Cobar Mine by Steven Sass

This shot of the Main Cobar Decline was taken from the Fort Bourke Lookout in Cobar on the 30th November 2008. For better viewing, click on view larger.
Mill Worker by susi lawson

Reeds Mill in Wytheville, Va.
Monnikenmolen by Minne

The Monnikenmolen (monksmill) was build in 1857 and is restored in 1995-1996. The mill can be used to crush corn. /

Recent Work

Oatlands Mill, Tasmania by groophics

Reminds me of the Thomas the Tank Engine intro.
Road Workers by monica98

This image portray the tyres of a couple of heavy duty road work machines.
The Old Saw Mill by Susan Bergstrom

My son and I go for morning walks and you will be surprised at what we find out here in the desert…Taken in the desert east of Mesquite, Nevada Original digital photograph. / Taken with a Sony Full HD 1080 Cyber Shot camera. Thank You for viewing my art. VIEW susan’sgallery / VIEW susan’szazzle /
Water Wheel. by Minne

Delden, province Overijssel, the Netherlands.
The Water Wheel by Christian Zammit

Water wheel near the river rhine in switzerland This / work / has / been / produced / by / Christian / Zammit / Kindly / click / on / photo / below. / Visit my gallery / Monthly Journals
Windmill, Whitburn, Sunderland by Steve Smith

Time goes wherever you are, / time is your guiding star / That shines all through your life, / makes you feel and move My dreams are out in the far, / so are yours apart / Of secret fairy tales, / dripped on the wings of the / mystery mill Windmill, windmill, keep on turning; / show me the way, take me today / Windmill, windmill, hearts are yearning, / longing for love and a chance to be free. Featured in – Your Magic Place – January 2009
Rutter Falls, Appleby, Cumbria by Steve Smith

Rutter Falls is a waterfall at the end of a minor road in the Eden Valley. At the waterfall is an old stone mill with a back-shot waterwheel.
tower colliery hirwaun by TudorSaxon

the last pit in wales nw finished. well done lads. good fight. you won.
tower colliery by TudorSaxon

at the foot of the mardy mountain nr hirwaun it was the last working pit in uk. they fought hard ,and won .