Gilaoro 318 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I found this "THOMAS ONE TON MINING CART" in the brush on the El Alamo , Baja California mining area I was running a PAY TO DIG operation on. It took me a year to persuade the locals to start a small museum to save this and all the other historic mining items that were fast disappearing . Someone would have tried to take it to the states but the checkpoints would catch them! 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old Tom 1,101 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Boy that's a beauty. Glad it got preserved and taken car of so that generations in the future can see just how people mined in the old days. Good on you for your efforts. Old Tom 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomH 2,826 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Thats really cool! Tom H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
matt 188 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 That's a great piece! Glad you got a picture of it to share. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Relichunter2016 717 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 That is one cool cart..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sonoran Dave 2,139 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 What powered it Max? Elec or ?? Whatever it was... it's a dang sight better than pushing that thing by hand! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilaoro 318 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Sonoran Dave said: What powered it Max? Elec or ?? Whatever it was... it's a dang sight better than pushing that thing by hand! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilaoro 318 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 Dave, It's gasoline, 1 Cylinder like my grandmothers old GRAY-BAR winger washer, kick start, chain drive, wooden steering wheel , gravity dump, front wheel steering , it would have took a strong man to drive that thing, the driver sat on top of the engine and gas tank! OSHA was not around in those days! It had a brass plate on the front of the engine/seat compartment but the picture I took of it was one of those I lost. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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