Clipart illustrations of tools and techniques of mining, and several scenes from mines.
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Revolving Squeezer
"Brown's revolving squeezer, the ball being made to pass between two rotating cams which flatten it out, and subsequently between the second of these and a third which carries the operation further; i... |
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Shaft lining
"Until hard rock is reached the sides of the excavation are supported temporarily by a lining"—Finley, 1917... |
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Shaft lining
"Until hard rock is reached the sides of the excavation are supported temporarily by a lining"—Finley, 1917... |
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Shaft wall
Shaft wall from mining. ... |
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Sluice
"One of the simplest forms of sluice as used in river diggings in the north-west of America. A rectangular trough of boards, whose dimensions depend chiefly on the size of the planks available, is set... |
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Stamp Mill
Stamp Mill.... |
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Train, Coal
An illustration of mine train carts loaded with coal.... |
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Trepan, large
A trepan used for boring large shafts.... |
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Trepan, small
A trepan used for boring small shafts. ... |
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Two-high Trains
"Two kinds of successions of grooves used for rectangular bars in "two-high" train." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893... |
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Washing
Men are breaking up the rocks with water so they can get to the silver or gold among the rocks.... |
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Wells, Oil
An oil well is a general term for any boring through the Earth's surface designed to find and produce petroleum oil hydrocarbons. Usually some natural gas is produced along with the oil, and a well de... |