Air operated mucking machine. The scoop goes over the mucking machine and empties the ore into the car behind. Miners also used these cars to move mining timbers throughout the mine. The machines and cars ran on rail tracks.
Air operated mucking machine. The scoop goes over the mucking machine and empties the ore into the car behind. Miners also used these cars to move mining timbers throughout the mine.
Air operated mucking machine preparing to load material. The scoop would go over the mucking machine and empty the ore into the cart behind. Operator controls were at the left side of the machine.
A compressed air-driven mucking machine at Gilman. The bucket has just been dumped into the ore car behind and is preparing to recover and pick up another load of ore.