Minecart
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A minecart, mine cart, or mine car, is a type of rolling stock found on a mine railway, used for transporting ore and materials procured in the process of traditional mining. Minecarts are seldom used
A minecart from the 16th century, found in Transylvania
A dumper minecart used in the Basque Country, currently at the Minery Museum
A Hunt at the Hansa Pit, Göttingerode, Germany
Gold mining carts at the Empire Mine State Historic Park in Grass Valley, California
Mine railway
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A mine railway, sometimes pit railway, is a railway constructed to carry materials and workers in and out of a mine. Materials transported typically include ore, coal, and overburden. It is little rem
Minecart
…A minecart, mine cart, or mine car (or more rarely mine trolley or mine hutch), is a type of rolling stock found on a mine railway, used for transporting ore and materials procured in the process of traditional mining. Minecarts are seldom used in modern operations, having largely…
Preserved typical mine train at the Museu de Les Mines d' Eschucha, Eschucha, Spain
Minecart shown in De Re Metallica (1556). The guide pin fits in a groove between two wooden planks.
Mine wagon on wooden rails from Transylvania, end of the 16th century
A preserved Dandy wagon of the Ffestiniog Railway. Before locomotives, slate trains would travel down to Porthmadog under gravity, and be pulled back up by horses