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Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Harbors, Docks, Buildings, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources Topographic Map of a Portion of Tract No. 1, Arctic Coal Co. West Spitzbergen [Map land by the shore of around 27,000,000 sq. yards showing survey points, contour lines and a mine and settlement.]

Scanned: May 14, 2008


Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Geography, Maps, Mine No 1 Arctic Coal Co. Longyear City, Spitsbergen. plan of a coal mine.]

Scanned: June 30, 2008


Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Geography, Maps, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Sketch Map of NE Portion of Artic Coal Co.'s Tract No.1. Enlarged from G. De Geer's Geological Map of Central Spitsbergen" - 1910 [Blueprint map of lands south of the Advent River showing the boundary of the Arctic Coal Co.'s property and the line of a coal seam in the mountain side.]

Scanned: May 14, 2008


Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Harbors, Docks, Geography, Maps, Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources Topographic Map of a Portion of Tract No. 1, Arctic Coal Co. West Spitzbergen [Map land by the shore of around 27,000,000 sq. yards showing survey points, contour lines and a mine and settlement. The original map has been drawn on to show survey areas and coal testing work.]

Scanned: May 14, 2008


Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Buildings, Geography Photograph No. 1. Looking East from Staff-House, showing the position of Mine No. 2. [View of a snowy mountain with a small hut at the bottom, and a zig-zag path up the slope to a small mine above. The roof of a building is visible in the foreground]

Scanned: April 10, 2008


Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Miners, Geography Photograph No. 5. Open-cut before starting permanent Main Entry to Mine No.2. Shows 4 ft. of clean coal at left of face. Ice sheet shows just behind man picking. Ground at right shows pitch into hill. [Two men work on a cut into a hillside. Tools such as picks, drill steels, and a wheel barrow are visible nearby]

Scanned: April 10, 2008


Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Geography, Photograph No. 6. Seam No. 2 at "cl". Bottom of pick-point is resting on floor of seam. [Close-up of a seam of coal. Stone walls frame the seam. A shovel and pick stand by the seam ]

Scanned: April 10, 2008


Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Geography, Photograph No. 7. Seam No. 2 at "d". Point of pick marks roof of seam. [A stone labeled "D" rests on a coal seam framed by dry stone walls]

Scanned: April 10, 2008


Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Geography, Manpower, Labor Photograph No. 8. Test-pit on Seam No. 2 at "f". [A man works on the timber roof of a stone walled test pit. One stone of the wall is labeled "F".]

Scanned: April 14, 2008


Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources, Manpower, Labor, Geography Photograph No.10. 0.4 ft. of coal at "l", 20 ft. above Seam No. 2. Rule is 6 in. long. [A man holds a small ruler in front of a rock face next to a wooden plank labeled "L", a shovel and a pick]

Scanned: April 10, 2008