Sectional view of a German mine, 1556. Artist: Unknown

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Sectional view of a German mine showing the method of sinking shafts and driving horizontal galleries, 1556. A windlass is used to raise and lower men, materials and spoil. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola. (Basel, 1556).

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