Loading gable car with rail mounted rocker shovel, Mount Isa Mines, May 1959

DESCRIPTION

DescriptionLoading gable car underground 7 level. This EIMCO rocker shovel was a rail mounted loader that was driven forward and was capable of swinging left and right to load the muck. This was then lifted and when the arms of the bucket came to abrupt halt on some stoppers the muck was thrown into a gable car that was backed ont it. The shovel is the full unload position.DateMay 1959Rights© Mount Isa MinesCollectionMount Isa MinesSubjectMystery PhotosMiningMining SitesMining EquipmentMining Personnel

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PlaceMount Isa Mines

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Keyword7 LevelEIMCOLead MineLoaderMIMMount Isa Mines LimitedRailRocker ShovelShovelMinerUndergroundUnderground WorkerTaxonomyLocation | Mount Isa MinesTime | 1950s | 1959Topics | Mining

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Loading gable car with rail mounted rocker shovel, Mount Isa Mines, May 1959