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Boring Machine Set up underground ca 1933 Mount Isa Mines
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DESCRIPTION
DescriptionBoring Machine "Bar and Arm" set up underground. Note here that safety has improved, miners now have hard hats and acetylene lamps. Also the drilling machine is a water cooled model. The water was forced down the hollow bit to suppress dust and flush the fines from the hole. 
DateCirca 1933CollectionMount Isa MinesSubjectMining
DateCirca 1933CollectionMount Isa MinesSubjectMiningLOCATION
PlaceMount Isa Mines
IDENTIFIERS
KeywordBoringUnderground WorkerUndergroundMinerTaxonomyTime | 1930s | 1933Location | Mount Isa Mines
Underground WorkerUndergroundMinerTaxonomyTime | 1930s | 1933Location | Mount Isa MinesADMIN
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Boring Machine Set up underground ca 1933 Mount Isa Mines (Circa 1933), Isa in Images, accessed 18/04/2026, https://mountisa.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/3983
