Miners using an “aerial tram”

Miners using an “aerial tram” to descend into the Kimberly Diamond Mine in South Africa, 1885.

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Yeah, THAT doesn’t look unsafe!

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My thoughts exactly. :slight_smile:

Sadly safety was likely not a priority - labor was expendable.

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2-seat version :wink:

"Miners often rode ore buckets to and from the pitheads, as shown in in this 1906 view of the Gold King bucket tramway, which transported ore down to the mill, out of sight in the valley below " San Juan Country Historical Society

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Profit always takes priority. I am sure that they figured that diamonds are valuable, laborers are cheap and replaceable.

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