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Sample Date Description
  Dec 1936 Typical working place showing extent to which the pillars supporting the "middling" are robbed before being shot out
  Dec 1936 Starting a drill-hole in a typical rise
  Dec 1936 Recovering the broken down "middling" by spilling
  Dec 1936 View of mist projector used for dust settling
  Dec 1936 Steel arch supported roadway and haulage gear at Beckermet
  Aug 1952 Beckermet Mine (Iron Ore)
  Aug 1952 No. 1 shaft bottom
  Aug 1952 Inside the transformer and rectifier station on the trolley locomotive system
  Aug 1952 A section point consisting of two dumbell-type section insulators with a switched neutral runner between
  Aug 1952 The north end of the trolley-locomotive system near the shaft bottom, showing the double road for the marshalling area
  Aug 1952 A welded-type rail bond at a track joint
  Aug 1952 The south (inbye) end of the trolley system, showing the crossover equipment with spring-back trail frogs and porcelain insulated supports
  Aug 1952 The trolley-line termination and the illuminated danger notice at the north end of the trolley-locomotive system
  Apr 1954 Beckermet Mine - Haile Moor Shaft
  Apr 1954 A development heading being drilled off with a Holman SL-200 air-leg mounted machine
  Apr 1954 Illustrates the girder set and corrugated sheeting used for support when driving through broken ground
  Apr 1954 An Eimco model 21 rocker shovel, adapted for dip working, shown at work on a 1 in 4 grade development heading
  Apr 1954 The Eimco 621 track-mounted rocker shovel in operation
  May 1954 The main underground pumping station at Beckermet No. 1 shaft showing three of the four sets which are capable of handling 3,800 gallons per minute
  May 1954 Two full tubs, each holding 20 cwt. of ore, are shown at No. 1 shaft bottom prior to cage hoisting
  May 1954 One of the Simplex Motor Rail 28 h.p. diesel locomotives used for shunting duties in the vicinity of No. 1 shaft bottom
  May 1954 View of the main trolley haulage road showing the 8-ton 80 h.p. Goodman locomotive employed
  May 1954 One of the B.E.V. battery locomotives used to transport ore from remote mining areas and to feed the trolley locomotive haulage
  May 1954 At the No. 1 shaft end of the conveyor bringing ore from the No. 2 shaft mining area, a train of tubs is shown being loaded prior to being taken to the shaft for cage hoisting
  May 1954 Pit head arrangements at Haile Moor shaft, with the empties side shown in the foreground
  May 1954 The aerial ropeway hoppers for loading to rail at No. 1 shaft

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