1916 Wills Mining trading cards — distributed in the brand’s cigarette products — highlight the methods and locations of mining operations around the world.
The front of each card features vibrant artwork of various mining operations such as gold, diamond, or turquoise and the reverse offers an explanation of the technique or machinery on display. In many instances the back of the card will also reveal the location of the particular mine from the front of the card.
Wills Tobacco was a British company but their cards are readily available on US collectibles marketplaces.
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1916 Wills Mining Checklist
Base Set – 50 Cards
# | Card Subject |
---|---|
1 | Asbestos Quarry |
2 | China Clay |
3 | Mine Surveying |
4 | Electric Coal-cutter |
5 | Miner Drilling for Blasting |
6 | Miner “Holing” |
7 | Electric Train |
8 | Taking Coal to Pit Mouth |
9 | The Bottom of the Shaft |
10 | Sorting and Cleaning Coal |
11 | Calcination of Copper Ore |
12 | Open-cast Mine |
13 | Diamond Mine |
14 | Diamond Mine |
15 | Diamond Mine |
16 | Washing and Concentrating Plant |
17 | Searching Tables |
18 | Gold Mine |
19 | Descending a Gold Mine |
20 | Compressed Air Drill |
21 | Stamp Battery |
22 | Cyanide Vats |
23 | Panning at Klondyke |
24 | Dredging for Gold |
25 | Open-Cast Iron Mine |
26 | Iron-Ore Mine |
27 | Steam Shovel at Work |
28 | Unloading Iron Ore |
29 | Cutting Marble |
30 | Channeling Machine at Work |
31 | Lowering Blocks of Marble |
32 | Mica Mine |
33 | Oil Field |
34 | Oil Field in the Sea |
35 | Oil Field on Fire |
36 | Raising Alluvial Gravel |
37 | Washing Alluvial Gravel |
38 | Plumbago Mine |
39 | Mining Pichblende |
40 | Mining Rubies |
41 | Ruby Sorters |
42 | Mining Rock Salt |
43 | Rock Salt Mine |
44 | Salt Mine |
45 | Digging and Washing Sapphires |
46 | Silver Mine |
47 | Silver Mine |
48 | Tin Mine |
49 | Open-Cast Tin Mine |
50 | Turquoise Mine |