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Hydraulic mining diagram
This diagram illustrates how water was used in mining at Charming Creek Mine. High pressure water was used to sluice away coal from the working face after blasting; it was flumed underground to a holding pool or sump, then pumped up to the bin using high pressure water.
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Source: Paul Mahoney, Charming Creek history album. Hokitika: New Zealand Forest Service, 1985
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