Box 0230

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View of Open Mine showing incline to surface. Wesselton Mine at this stage is a good example of a Diamond Mine approaching the completion of its first stage. The Head-gear shown at the top of the picture shows that the Main Rock Shaft has been sunk in preparation for the second stage.

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View of Open Mine, showing clearly the method of working in terraces.

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View showing face of a Bench or Terrace 50’ high. The two tunnel entries shown in the view are 40’(vertically) apart. At the top right hand corner is shown the gap through which the //_˚ incline used to pass. The view shows this mine in the second stage of working in which the round is tipped through winzes, at a lower level and hoisted through a Vertical Shaft.

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View looking up //_˚ incline. Here the gap shown in right hand corner of previous view is distinctly shown. The boundary of the Crater is indicated by the framework shelter which is on the edge of the mine.

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at Wesselton Mine during course of erection.

Scope and Contents Over 5 compartment Vertical Rock Shaft at Wesselton mine. This head-gear may be taken as representative of the first class of steel head-gears erected by this Company. Similar head-gears are at Kimberley, De Beers, & Bultfontein Mines. The Gear is built of Steel lattice work posts & Back braces, with Channel iron cross bracing.General dimensions, : - Height, 82’ to centre of sheaves, Base 43’ – 7 ½” x 19’ – 6” Stretch of back braces from foot of back posts 101’. Diameter of...

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Steel head-gear over No. 1 Rock Shaft 5 Compartment. General dimensions, :- Height 90’ to centre of Sheaves Dimensions of base 45’ x 75’, Sheaves 14” diameter Steel Z bar legs & back stays, Channel iron cross bracing. This represents the latest design of steel head-gear adopted by this Company.

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View showing head-gear, Mine end of Rope Haulage to Floors, Haulage Engine house, Change-house, & Main Engine housed. Blue ground hoisted from shaft is loaded in 20 cu.ft. steel trucks which then proceed to floors by endless Rope haulage.

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View showing Boiler house, Main engine house, Store, Offices, Change-house, Haulage engine house, & Head-gear.

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View showing interior of Boiler house during Erection of boilers Plant, :- 5 Babcock & Wilcox Water tube boilers with chain grate, Mechanical Stokers.