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Modern techniques for Breaking Rock

Modern mining techniques and machinery enabled large quantities of tin ore to be mined more efficiently and safely than ever before.

The mining process at Geevor consisted of four core activities: development, stoping, tramming and hoisting.

 

 

Photograph reproduced with the kind permission of the  Geevor Archive