I found a great digital book online, "Design of Mine Structures", from 1912:
https://archive.org/details/designminestruc02ketcgoog (https://archive.org/details/designminestruc02ketcgoog)
A really great reference resource, it has plans and information about various headframes, ore cars, skips, hoist houses, ore bins, coal tipples, etc.
I wish I'd seen this sooner, it would have been very helpful with the headframe I'm currently working on!
It's technical but loaded with info. Nice find. -- Russ
Jerry?
Just what you need!
Great find Ray!
Think I will print it out.
Marty
Good to see that book available digitally. I bought a hard-back copy years ago. There's a lot of information.
Mark
It's also available via Google Books
The Design of Mine Structures (http://books.google.com/books?id=MJELAQAAIAAJ&dq=design%20of%20mine%20structures&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=design%20of%20mine%20structures&f=false)
Certainly a good literature.
Should anyone have detailed questions about mines I can gladly try to answer.
I have worked for 5 years as a visitor guide us in the mine.