Hard Rock Miners
HARD ROCK MINERS
THIS BRONZE SCULPTURE WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU DURING ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY YEAR, AND IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN WHOSE WORK PROVIDED THE LIFEBLOOD OF JUNEAU DURING ITS FIRST SIX DECADES. IN THE LATE 1800'S. COMPRESSED - AIR MACHINE DRILLS REPLACED HAND DRILLS AS THE PRINCIPLE TOOLS OF HARD ROCK MINERS. THE DEVELOPMENT ENABLED MINERS TO HANDLE GREAT QUANTITIES OF ORE AT AN ACCEPTABLE LOW COST. AS A RESULT, LODES CONTAINING LOW-GRADE ORE DEPOSITS, SUCH AS THOSE IN THE JUNEAU GOLDBELT. BECAME PROFITABLE TD MINE. IN THIS SCULPTURE THE PNEUMATIC DRILL IS A GENERALIZED VERSION OF MANY DIFFERENT TYPES USED OVER THE YEARS. THE DRILLS WERE FED AIR BY HOSE FROM SURFACE STEAM ENGINES AND USED PISTONS TO WORK THE "STEELS" BACK AND FORTH IN THE DRILL HOLES TRADITIONAL A PATTERN OF SEVEN HOLES AND CHARGES WOUND BE EMPLOYED WHEN CUTTING A TUNNEL. A TEAM OF MINERS DRILLED THE FACE OF A TUNNEL THROUGH A SINGLE EIGHT OR TEN HOUR SHIFT AND BLASTED IT JUST BEFORE QUITTING. THE SEQUENCE OF CLEANUP MORE DRILLING, AND BLASTING WOULD BEGIN ANEW IN THE NEXT SHIFT, THE ALASKA-JUNEAU MINE. WHICH OPENED IN 1897, CEASED OPERATING IN 1944, BRINGING AN END TD AS ERA. THE TOTAL OUTPUT OF THE JUNEAU GOLDFIELD WAS OVER SEVEN MILLION OUNCES OF GOLD. SCULPTURE BY JUNEAD ARTIET ID WAY
THIS BRONZE SCULPTURE WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU DURING ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY YEAR, AND IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN WHOSE WORK PROVIDED THE LIFEBLOOD OF JUNEAU DURING ITS FIRST SIX DECADES. IN THE LATE 1800'S. COMPRESSED - AIR MACHINE DRILLS REPLACED HAND DRILLS AS THE PRINCIPLE TOOLS OF HARD ROCK MINERS. THE DEVELOPMENT ENABLED MINERS TO HANDLE GREAT QUANTITIES OF ORE AT AN ACCEPTABLE LOW COST. AS A RESULT, LODES CONTAINING LOW-GRADE ORE DEPOSITS, SUCH AS THOSE IN THE JUNEAU GOLDBELT. BECAME PROFITABLE TD MINE. IN THIS SCULPTURE THE PNEUMATIC DRILL IS A GENERALIZED VERSION OF MANY DIFFERENT TYPES USED OVER THE YEARS. THE DRILLS WERE FED AIR BY HOSE FROM SURFACE STEAM ENGINES AND USED PISTONS TO WORK THE "STEELS" BACK AND FORTH IN THE DRILL HOLES TRADITIONAL A PATTERN OF SEVEN HOLES AND CHARGES WOUND BE EMPLOYED WHEN CUTTING A TUNNEL. A TEAM OF MINERS DRILLED THE FACE OF A TUNNEL THROUGH A SINGLE EIGHT OR TEN HOUR SHIFT AND BLASTED IT JUST BEFORE QUITTING. THE SEQUENCE OF CLEANUP MORE DRILLING, AND BLASTING WOULD BEGIN ANEW IN THE NEXT SHIFT, THE ALASKA-JUNEAU MINE. WHICH OPENED IN 1897, CEASED OPERATING IN 1944, BRINGING AN END TD AS ERA. THE TOTAL OUTPUT OF THE JUNEAU GOLDFIELD WAS OVER SEVEN MILLION OUNCES OF GOLD. SCULPTURE BY JUNEAD ARTIET ID WAY
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