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Mine Gianna: a jump back in history

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Scoma Shovel at Mine Gianna
Scoma Shovel at Mine Gianna
© Archivio Ecomuseo delle Miniere e della Val Germanasca (Photo: Serena Maccari)
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During the forties the mine Gianna was equipped with loaders shovels working with compressed air, to be used to load talc and rocks on the carts. Up to that moment such work was carried out by hand through the shovel.
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