P number: | P001571 |
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Old photograph number: | MNS04302 |
Caption: | 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. |
Description: | 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. |
Date taken: | 01/01/1986 |
Photographer: | Unknown |
Copyright statement: | Unknown |
Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
X longitude/easting: | 280800 |
Y latitude/northing: | 754800 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 371.07 KB; 1000 x 984 pixels; 85 x 83 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 260 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Industrial geology |
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