Photos of coal mining in the Salzach region (SaKoG) !

Photos from the Salzach coal mining industry - page 1 !

The photos on the following pages offer a very interesting overview of the Austrian coal mining industry in the Salzach region (SaKoG). If I am honestly I did not know anything about the fact that coal has been produced in Austria until I saw these pictures. This gap in the knowledge is closed by the nearly 200 photos of this serial in an amazing way, additionally they show the history and the development of coal mining in Trimmelkam (Austria) very well - from the early days until to the year 1993 when the colliery was closed.

Special thanks for the photos go to Richard Binder, who has sent the pictures to me and who gave me the necessary advice.

More information about the mining industry in Trimmelkam can also be found on the private pages of Gerhard Zdouc at http://members.aon.at/schuetzenverein/trika.htm.

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.


When the shafts' sinking started.	Sinking towers in Austria.	The colliery's ancient buildings of timber.	A miners' parade in earlier times.


And yet another miners' parade in Trimmelkam.	The colliery's former railway area.	Underground several years ago.	Building roadways with pneumatic hammers.


A mining area is prepared.	Working with a strong drill in the colliery.	The group of miners in a mining area.	Coal production with a pickaxe.


The blaster is preparing the next blasting.	Loading the coal on the conveyor by hand.	At work deep in the colliery.	An onset is built in this photo.


SaKoG miners behind lots of cables.	Miners in an Austrian roadway.	Underground in earlier times.	A miner in a mining area before a long time.


A view of the entire longwall mining area.	A large piece of coal has to be destroyed.	A group of miners in the colliery.	An onset.


In the shaft a pit cage waits for it's payload.	An interesting method for coal production.	A postcard showing a scene from underground.	The miners of a certain longwall mining area.


The team in the mining area.	An important call from the pit foreman.	Preparing the extraction in the mining area.	In these days a steel plow was used, yet.


A nice mining related Christmas card.	A tracked vehicle for underground use.	The mine cars are emptied here.	A conveyor in the Austrian coal mining industry.


Miners in the lamps' room.	An overview of the colliery in Trimmelkam.	Miners in a pit cage.	Miners and a shearer in a mining area.


A miner in a very low roadway.	A strange box of metal in the mining area.	A recently built roadway close to the shaft.	A long line of safety shields.


The safety shields are moved forward.	This is how the shields were transported.	A residential area of the colliery in Trimmelkam.	A miners' custom, as it seems.