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The Truax mine car, built in Denver, Colorado
a self dumping car with petal latch. |
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Fairbanks Morse mine car, light duty built in
Los Angeles, California |
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C. Card Iron Works heavy duty welded mine car
1930's, Denver, Colorado. |
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Matteson car built by Joshua Hendy - 1908.
Foundry relocated from San Francisco to Sunnyvale after the
fire and earthquake of 1906. |
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Kreiss Mine Car & Machine Works reproduction
scoop car |
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Historical photo of scoop cars in action |
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Hanging tailgate car built by El Paso Foundry
and Iron Works - El Paso, Texas |
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Front view of El Paso car |
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Hendy Mine Car - 1915. Joshua Hendy Iron
Works, San Francisco, California |
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"Mule Car" - mules were attached to four hooks
on sides - built by Silver Bros Iron Works, Salt Lake City,
Utah. |
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Truax Automatic Dump Ore Car - built by Globe
Iron Works - Stockton, California. |
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Joshua Hendy 1930 welded mine car, large
capacity, 12" wheels |
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Skip car reproduction - Kreiss Mine Car & Machine Works |
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Mine car built by Ogden Iron Works - Ogden,
Utah |
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Wooden Skip Car (rebuilt) - truck and wheels
from the 1880's |
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Go-Devil: a small wooden car used to move ore
from the stope inside a mine. |
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Older style Joshua Hendy car 1890-1900 |
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Slant back car, front view. Reproduction.
Kreiss Mine Car & Machine Works. |
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Slant back car, rear view. Reproduction.
Kreiss Mine Car & Machine Works. |
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Risdon Iron Works car. Museum, Angels Camp,
CA. |
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Low-boy car, 1880's. Museum, Angels Camp, CA. |
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Flat car - used to carry rails and timbers |
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Ore bucket riveted in over-lapping sections |
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Ore bucket on flat car with hammer and rock
drill for hand drilling powder holes. |
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Ore bucket in use |
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Old wooden ore bucket left at a mine. Photo
courtesy Jon Allison, Ottawa, Canada. |
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Water bucket (water skip, bailing tank), used to take water out of a mine.
Has hole in bottom, rubber-gasket seal and clack valve. It
opened when it hit the water, filled, then closed when brought
up. Sitting on a flat car along with spare mine rails. |
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Stope hammer with long rock drill - used to
drill holes at steep angles. |
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Trackbender - used by miners to create curved
track (loose chain is separate item). See also rock drill bit. |
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"Hit and Miss" single piston gasoline engine
built by Fairbanks Morse - 1920's. |
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Portable 3 stamp mill (reproduction). |
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Water distribution box with valves for hand
held hydraulic mining using canvas hoses with nozzles
(monitors). Some of the earliest equipment used in hydraulic
mining, Hinckley and Company, San Francisco - dated 1865.
Later became Fulton Iron Works |
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Wire wrapped redwood water pipe used to carry
water to mines. Built in 10 foot lengths, end was tapered to
fit into next section - 1800's. |
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