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Koba. Pit with ground hoisting transport installation by means of a floating cable
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Koba. Pit with ground hoisting transport installation by means of a floating cable

anonymous · 1909 · gelatin silver print; cardboard; photographic support

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The pit of an open tin mine of the Banka Tin Mining Company at Koba, with mechanized transport of excavated ore soil by a cable conveyor. Part of the photo album on Banka Tin Mining, ca. 1907–1919.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
photographRobert Julius BoersBanka-tinwinningcolonial systemopencast minestrip miningBangkaKoba
Credit lineKoba. Groeve met grondopvoertransport installatie door middel van zwevende kabel. 1909. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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