These Historical Photos Will Make You Wish You Could Turn Back Time

Miners Aboard an Aerial Tram

In this photograph from 1885, miners are seen using an aerial tram to descend into the Limberly Diamond Mine in South Africa. This particular mine was invaluable to the diamond mining industry in the Northern Cape province and had been opened to miners since 1869. Unfortunately, the mine was shut down by 1914. Up until that time, miners relied on the railways they had created to get into the dig site a little quicker.