Hand steel

Hand steel is mining with the use of a chisel-like tool. The chisel is struck violently with a striking tool, usually with a sledgehammer. It is one of the several mining techniques used in traditional mining and one of the several with the use of basic hand tools. Hand steel was used in the 19th and 20th centuries for surface and underground mining.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Shernrooke Village and A Gold Mining Exhibit
↑ Housser, Yvonne McKague (July 2004). "Cobalt Mining District: National Historic Site of Canada". Parks Canada: 5.

Mining equipment

Excavation

Tools	Pickaxe Shovel Hand steel Crowbar Sledgehammer Jackhammer Gezähe
Blasting	Blasting machine Detonator / Blasting cap Dualin Dynamite Gunpowder
Heavy machinery	Steam shovel Power shovel Rocker Shovel Loader Dragline excavator Bucket-wheel excavator Gold dredge
Other	Fire-setting Gold panning Hushing

Transport

Vertical	Hoist Headframe Winding engine Whim Man engine
Horizontal	Mine railway Minecart Mine car Pit pony Quarry tub Slate waggon Mantrip Ropeway conveyor Haul truck Articulated hauler Stacker Reclaimer

Safety

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