Phil Clifford wrote:
> On the reverse of one of the photographs I have, (taken in Lightmoor
> Colliery, Forest of Dean by my ancestor Arthur Bernard Clifford), there is a
> hand-written note which states "I am sorry that this one turned out so
> poorly, due to a miscalculation of the flash powder........."
>
This might result in highly overexposed photographs :-)
Just by chance: I found two examples of underground
photographs taken in an ore mine today.
Just like John Cornwell, the photographer made
use of a torch in order illuminate the mine:
http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/433988/display/1094666
http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/433988/display/1094636
BTW: I have seen people smoking underground
in Pennsylvanian anthracite mines.
Greetings Harald
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Dr.-Ing. Harald Finster / Aachen Germany
http://www.finster-stahlart.de industrial history and architecture
http://www.astrid-aix.de gallery: watercolours and oil paintings
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