The Aspen Times

Willoughby: From mining tram design to ski lift layout, a short schuss

The Vulcan Wire Ropeway advertisement from 1892 illustrates something eerily familiar about a mining tram. If you glance at the image before reading the captions the similarity to a ski lift may seem ...
The New York Times

Journey By Aerial Tramway To the Sitver Lake Mine; Four Miles Up the Precipitous Side of King Solomon Mountain in a Small Iron Bucket -- Experiences of a Visitor on His First Ride.

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The Aspen Times

Mining trams

Skiers are so familiar with ski lifts and gondolas that they are rarely impressed with the seemingly flawless technology that transports them. The precursor to ski lifts, mining trams, were ...
Yardbarker

Why Alta's Original 'Collins Lift' Was Built From a Mining Tram

We here at POWDER aren't the only skiers embracing a little nostalgia this summer. Alta Ski Area, Utah turned back the clock and shared photos of the original Collins lift to their Instagram on ...
Rapid City Journal

Portal to progress: Science project revives old Homestake tramway tunnel

LEAD | For the past 17 years, shovels, safety goggles, tramway cars and other remains of the defunct Homestake gold mine lingered in a closed-off tunnel under the city of Lead, growing brownish-orange ...