Using block and tackle to hoist cap. Large diameter cap suggests weak ground or wide opening. Left hand side may show end of stye used to support section already mined out.

Hoisting timber cap into position, possibly at start of leading stope. Note railway line in foreground.

Stye on top of cap of three piece sett and to left of photo.

Bar & Arm Rock Drill. Drill steels at side (points to the ground). Probably making a tunnel. Conditions would be very noisy. Lots of holes are drilled, set with explosives, then bang!

Underground pump chamber in Taylor's Shaft.

Leading stope in wide ore body (or excessive overbreak).

Possibly of leading stoping using flatback method. Support by stulls rather than 3 piece sett. Top of photo shows bottom of stye. Timber in middle foreground barrier connected to excavation at right angle to stope. Miners using early form of hard hat and screw thread bar and arm drill.