History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c12.s1.t4.10

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Beyond this evidence, that of a few vertical groovings on a shoulder of the hard footwall at Hutti, and that of a couple of tools found in the old workings at the same place, there remains no trace of the methods used in the extraction of quartz. The groovings are undoubtedly the results of the long continued attrition of haulage ropes. A scraper like tool was also found and similar tool was found at Oorgaum mine at Kolar (Smith, 1889). A chain of men handled from one to another vessel filled with water. A vertical shaft at Kabulayatkatti indicates that the ancients were not ignorant of some form of windless ‘whip’ or ‘whim’.