Workers dig a trial pit at the platinum mines near Mount Kachkanar in the Ural Mountains, Russian Empire. Black and white vintage photograph by Russian photographer Veniamin Metenkov dated from the beginning of the 20th century issued in the postcard catalogue published by Veniamin Metenkov himself in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Text in Russian: View of the platinum mines near Mount Kachkanar. Courtesy of the Azoor Postcard Collection.

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