Receiving the gold stone from the upper to the lower drive

Industrial mining required more infrastructure than individual miners could provide.  This mine uses metal ore trucks on rails, and extensive wooden construction to secure the roof and walls of the tunnels.

 

Samuel Calvert, wood engraving 1869

 

Accession number: IAN11/09/69/174

 

From the State Library of Victoria's Pictures Collection.

 

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Rise of company mining