This rare example of an early hoist and headframe is displayed at the Tonopah Historical Mining Park in Tonopah, NV. The type of hoist was powered by a horse or mule, which was hitched to a rotating wooden arm. As the animal walked in a circle, the rope was either pulled up, or let out. To provide sufficient clearance, the rope passed through a shallow channel in the ground, between the hoist and the headframe.

Posted August 2010.

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