http://dabblersjournal.com prone to enthusiasms.... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:39:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dabblersjournal.com/2008/03/03/dwgs-and-spec-of-mining-equipment-hibbing-district/ http://dabblersjournal.com/2008/03/03/dwgs-and-spec-of-mining-equipment-hibbing-district/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:58:15 +0000 joel http://dabblersjournal.com/?p=1101 Drawings of old mining--mostly railroad, actually--equipment. Really quite a wonderful thing. Seems to contain everything blue-print like they had around the office when it was compiled; a few of the pages really don't fit.

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