1-152-551 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Sectional view of a mine showing shafts and galleries, 1556. At the surface of each shaft is a winch or windlass for raising and lowering loads. At D a miner wheels a barrow of ore or spoil out of the mine through an adit with a timber reinforced entrance. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola. (Basel, 1556).