mining is the world's oldest industry
3.3 million years of lithic rock tools, then and only then, everything else!
Miner in a jacklegging contest during Mining Week, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. This was back when both the Con and Giant gold mines were operating. Whoever buries two steels in the shortest time, wins. Best keep your fingers in your ears, jacklegging is LOUD.
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mining is the world's oldest industry
3.3 million years of lithic rock tools, then and only then, everything else!
Miner in a jacklegging contest during Mining Week, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. This was back when both the Con and Giant gold mines were operating. Whoever buries two steels in the shortest time, wins. Best keep your fingers in your ears, jacklegging is LOUD.
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Uploaded on October 30, 2009
Taken in June 1990