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Hand
held rock drilling using
an arm and bar pneumatic boring machine. |
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Barring
down in a open stope underground, by using a long bar
the miners would knock down any loose rocks from the “backs” (roof). |
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A photograph of a miner using a Air Scraper to pull the broken ore to the chute. |
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Hand Trucking - this miner is pulling ore from a chute into a hand truck, after it is full he will push this truck by hand to the orepass. |
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These
men are building a “bulk”,
this is a method used to support the backs and stop the roof from caving in. |
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Men
placing their tags on the IN or OUT boards to show they are on or
off the level,
a safety precaution for the explosive firings. |
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This
is a miner lowering a piece of timber down a “timberway” to the
miners below who will use the timber to support the “Backs”.
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A
miner in a tunnel underground, using a air bogger to load broken
rock into a ore truck behind him.
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Broken
Hill Sintering works, this was one of the early methods of extracting
the ore from the waste rock, the ore was roasted before other treatment.
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Crimping
the detonators to the fuse was done by hand by the magazine keeper,
a hazardous job at the best of times.
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