Mines and mineral resources

Edwin A. Locke, in group at top left, inspects Tien Fu coal mine and coke plant near Chungking during his third mission to China.

Chinese celebrate the surrender of the Japanese with a procession in the coal mining region of Formosa near Taihoku.

Coal mining district in Formosa.

Scenes along the way to the cooper and coal mining districts at Taihoku, Formosa.

Scenes on the way to the cooper mines at Taihoku, Formosa.

Inside the Miike Coal Mine in Omuta, Japan

View with W. Averell Harriman barely seen on the right seated with an unidentified man in what appears to be a piece of mining equipment. He is touring at some type of a mining operation believed to be located in Kazakhstan. It may have been an ore mining operation in Rudniy. He also visited Karaganda which is known for coal mining. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in a short sleeve white shirt second from the right surrounded by a group of unidentified men standing in front of a piece of mining equipment. He is touring at some sort of a mining operation believed to be located in Kazakhstan. It may have been an ore mining operation in Rudniy. He also visited Karaganda which is known for coal mining. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in a short sleeve white shirt second from the right surrounded by a group of unidentified men standing in front of a piece of mining equipment. He is touring at some sort of a mining operation believed to be located in Kazakhstan. It may have been an ore mining operation in Rudniy. He also visited Karaganda which is known for coal mining. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in a short sleeve white shirt second from the left surrounded by a group of unidentified men looking at something. Harriman is touring at some sort of a mining operation believed to be located in Kazakhstan. It may have been an ore mining operation in Rudniy. He also visited Karaganda which is known for coal mining. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).