This illustration from a 1901 book shows two men mining for gold in the 1880s. They are using the shaft mining technique. Their tools are a bucket, a windlass (this tool with a rope wrapped around a drum helps lift buckets of dirt up the shaft from the mine), a cradle (to separate gold from dirt, clay, and rock/gravel), and a pick. Here the miner at the bottom of the shaft is using a pick to loosen the sides of the area. The bucket is in the shaft and the miner at top is pulling it up the shaft.
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This illustration from a 1901 book shows two men mining for gold in the 1880s. They are using the shaft mining technique. Their tools are a bucket, a windlass (this tool with a rope wrapped around a drum helps lift buckets of dirt up the shaft from the mine), a cradle (to separate gold from dirt, clay, and rock/gravel), and a pick. Here the miner at the bottom of the shaft is using a pick to loosen the sides of the area. The bucket is in the shaft and the miner at top is pulling it up the shaft.

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UMG25A00_388

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Droits gérés

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50,1Mo (2,9Mo) / 25,7cm x 48,8cm / 3039 x 5760 (300dpi)

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