Photos of mining in the Salzach region (SaKoG) !

Coal mining in the Salzach region - page 4 !

... and the last part of the Austrian mining photos.

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

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.


A lot of water in a longwall mining area.	Tracer paths of the miners' lamps.	In an Austrian roadway underground.	A windlass and its operator.


The operator and "his" engine in a roadway.	In the background the Salzach coal can be seen.	A miner at a large underground switch.	Frequently concrete has to be used.


A SaKoG miner at work in the Austrian mine.	Water has to be pumped here, as well.	Underground everything has to be very exact.	The cisels of a shearer from very close.


Protection against the water in the colliery.	A very small underground roadway.	A strange pipe can be seen under the ceiling.	Water is pouring out of the top of the dam.


A view up a shaft of the Austrian colliery.	And once again there is water in the colliery.	After the water there is mud in the roadway.	Water has to be pumped again.


A room for the breaks - but it is underground.	One end of a longwall mining area.	A lot of mud has settled in the mining area.	The roadway has collapsed.


Lots of pipes and cables under the ceiling.	A lot of rubble in a roadway.	Important: A fan for air supply.	The fan's backside.


After that the water disappeared: Lots of mud.	A beautiful photo of an underground machine.	The entire machine.	Stalactites in an Austrian roadway.


Even more water is in a roadway of the colliery.	In the operator's place.	The last ton of coal of the Trimmelkam mine.	The mine car with the colliery's last ton of coal.


The former pit bank with the ropes.	A view up from the pit bank.	A "floor" inside the winding tower.	The ropes are still hanging in the winding tower.


Strong pillars supported the winding tower.	On this conveyor the coal was transported.	The tower's wheel seen from above.	The wheels inside one of the winding towers.


The mine cars were collected on the colliery's area.	In front of the gate there is still one of the mine cars.	The mine car with the SaKoG symbol.	The colliery as a watercolour.


The Helenen shaft in Ritzing in the Burgenland.	A beautiful ancient winding tower.	The reproduction of an entrance to a tunnel.	A commemorative plaque for the mining industry.