Foss Barite Mine, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. The 670 m. level B1 stope. The slusher pulley and wire rope system allowing forward and backward pull of slusher. The slusher is a mechanical drag shovel loader used to pull recently blasted ore to the top of a drawpoint or raise where the ore falls to be collected at a lower level by an underground dump truck. Photo P001571. Reproduced with the permission of the British Geological Survey ©NERC. All rights Reserved.
This photograph is by carnkie and was uploaded December 10th 2009. © carnkie please do not copy or distribute without prior express permission.
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