Square sunk into the blue ground; the diamantiferous rock was hoisted by bucket and windlass, and roadways were left across the pit to provide access to the claims. But the roadways soon fell in, and ultimately haulage from the claims could only be provided by means of a vast system of wire ropes extending from a triple staging of windlasses erected round the entire edge of the mine, which had by this time become a huge open pit; the ropes from the upper windlasses extended to the centre, and those from the lower tier to the sides of the pit; covering the whole mass like a gigantic cobweb. [Please select]
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This coin, like the others, shows miners doing various things familiar from Agricola--divining, digging, carrying, and operating windlasses. [Please select]
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The trumpet sounded, and in an instant, men, horses, windlasses, cranes, and levers were all in motion. [Please select]
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Some are worked by handspikes and windlasses, some by blocks and pulleys, others by capstans, others again by means of drums. [Please select]
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Beams of very generous length are selected, and upon them are nailed socket-pieces in which windlasses are inserted. [Please select]
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It had been caught when not many days old, and was so tame that it was always kept loose about a well, sporting about the windlasses, posts, &c. [Please select]
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This being done, on the 13th of June, by means of four windlasses, the pyramid was removed with the greatest facility on the rollers, to the place of its destination. [Please select]
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