Mine machinery

Id

593

Idno

G1162

Type

Photography

Title

Mine machinery

Description

Detailed shot of industrial scene. These machines repeatedly dropped heavy piston-like rods onto the silver-bearing ore they were fed, crushing it into powder (each stamp weighed about half a ton and could fall almost 100 times per minute and together reduce 20 tons of ore per day). ), it was then treated through a chlorine leaching process to extract a high percentage of metal. Henry Brooks convinced investors to finance one for El Triunfo.

Color

Black and white

Disposition

Horizontal

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