This illustration, which dates to 1887, shows the process of drifting and shaft-sinking in a mine at Leadville, Colorado.
The discovery of gold in the West, in 1848, had prospectors soon rushing to the area. Leadville, Colorado, claimed otobe the most famous mining town in the , the metals produced were lead, silver, gold, and ore. This illustration, which dates to 1887, shows the process of drifting and shaft-sinking in a mine at Leadville. Drifting refers to the type of mining gold-bearing gravel deposits by shafts and drifts instead of by hydraulic means.
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