ROCHEBELLE - two-bar cannonball. Lithographed sheet metal circa 1930-40 . Fine condition, some very slight damage and slight indentation to lower margin and upper left corner. Lettering and ball embossed. Printed by "G.De.Andreis- S.A. Marseille" 50 x 35 cm. Mines in the Cévennes: Houillères de Rochebelle. Former mining site of Rochebelle, and Rochebelle district, located on the right bank of the Gardon, in the town of Alès, in the Gard department. The 1st shaft was dug by P. F. de Tubeuf in 1764, and mining stopped in 1959 (source: pop.culture.gouv.fr and archives.ales.fr).