Mugshot of a Russian Convict Serving a Life Sentence Working in a Mine in Siberia, Russia (1901)

Mugshot of a Russian convict serving a life sentence working in a mine in Siberia, c. 1901. From an issue of Black and White Budget.

Portrait of a Man Posing at the Entrance of a Mine Somewhere in the Pahranagat Valley of Nevada (1871)

Portrait of a man posing at the entrance of a mine somewhere in the Pahranagat Valley of Nevada, 1871. By Timothy O’Sullivan.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

A Japanese Mine Exploding Under the Defenses of a Russian-held Fort on East Kikwan Hill During the Siege of Port Arthur (1904)

Photograph of a Japanese mine exploding under the defenses of a Russian-held fort on East Kikwan Hill during the Siege of Port Arthur, 1904. Probably the first photograph of a mine explosion during a conflict. The second photograph is of Japanese infantry assaulting the same Russian fort and was probably taken soon after the mine exploded.

MFA version of first image.

Source of second image.