Cornish miners boring a hole to take a charge of explosive. One miner holds the metal borer upright and the two strikers hit it with sledge hammers until the hole has been made. Cornwall, England. From Underground Life: or, Mines and Miners by Louis Simon...
UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1754: Cornish miners boring a hole to take a charge of explosive. One miner holds the metal borer upright and the two strikers hit it with sledge hammers until the hole has been made. Cornwall, England. From Underground Life: or, Mines and Miners by Louis Simonin (London, 1869). Wood engraving. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
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