slgwv's photos with the keyword: cable

Manhattan (NV) is about 60 miles north--I've got an album on it as well. I'm surprised there was enough water there to float a dredge! They were used for placer mining, moving along in their own little pond while gouging up the ground on one side and ejected the spoil on the other. They were a source of more environmental damage than most mining techniques, because the coarse spoil ended up on top and ruined the land for agriculture for a few generations or so. There are still lots of dredgelands visible around places like Sacramento, California. At least they're one place where building suburbs on top is probably an improvement!

Still cable on the drum, even as the building falls down around it-- Tybo Mine, Tybo, Nevada.

Tower holding the cables for the gondola. Squaw Valley, California, USA.