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Miners using a Pioneer Windlass
Early Wisconsin lead miners using a Pioneer Windlass.
Prospecting for Lead
June 1949
Gophering, or prospecting for lead using a windlass at Maplewood Farm.
Mining Scene
An unidentified mining scene where two men are cranking a windlass, common only in early lead and zinc mining in southwest Wisconsin. The windlass was used to lower and bring up men from mining man...
