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	Ore bucket riveted in over-lapping sections. Also known as a "Cornish Kibble".
	Ore bucket on flat car with hammer and rock drill for hand drilling powder holes.
	Ore bucket in use
	Old wooden ore bucket left at a mine. Photo courtesy Jon Allison, Ottawa, Canada.
	Water bucket (water skip, bailing tank), used to take water out of a mine. Has hole in bottom, rubber-gasket seal and clack valve. It opened when it hit the water, filled, then closed when brought up. Sitting on a flat car along with spare mine rails.
	Stope hammer with long rock drill - used to drill holes at steep angles.
	Trackbender - used by miners to create curved track (loose chain is separate item). See also rock drill bit.
	"Hit and Miss" single piston gasoline engine built by Fairbanks Morse - 1920's.
	Portable 3 stamp mill (reproduction).
	Water distribution box with valves for hand held hydraulic mining using canvas hoses with nozzles (monitors). Some of the earliest equipment used in hydraulic mining, Hinckley and Company, San Francisco - dated 1865. Later became Fulton Iron Works
	Wire wrapped redwood water pipe used to carry water to mines. Built in 10 foot lengths, end was tapered to fit into next section - 1800's.
	Big Ore Bucket
	Flat Cable Pulley
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