Kirovsky mine

A good overview of the Kirovski mine. In the center are three shafts. Right behind is the open pit of the Kirovsky mine. The 'eaten' mountain behind is Kukisvumchorr.
 [foto: Sergei Filatov, KRSC]

Shaft of the Khibiny mine, with an ore train heading south.
[foto: Sergei Filatov, KRSC]

The open pit at the Kirovsky mine
[photo: Sebastian Staude]

Roughly the same picture as above, this one is taken in 1938, only ten years after the mining activity started. Note that most activity is on the slope of the hill. In the recent picture you see that the excavation of the face did not change much. The open pit and the shafts are not yet constructed on the old picture.
[From: Mineralogical observations on the Northern excursion of the XVII international geological congress, C.S. Hurlburt Junior, 1938]

Closer picture of the early (1934) workings of the Kirovsky mine.
[from: The scientific study of Soviet mineral recources, by A.E. Fersman, 1934]

Loading nepheline ore onto trains in the early 1930's at "Nepheline station".
[from: The scientific study of Soviet mineral recources, by A.E. Fersman, 1934]