Drumbs and wire rope on a double drumb hoist in an underground mine hoist room. Hoists were used in shafts to raise and lower, men, materials and ore. Hoists operate like elevators.
An Idaho City citizen posed next to a wall of tools and equipment. Included in the array are miners lamps, gold pan, hatchet, hand saw, pick, snow shoes, hat, rope, deer antlers, and rifle scabbard.
