A whim was a device for hauling ore up a shaft. It was a vertically-mounted wooden drum to which a rope was attached, and then passed over a pulley and down the shaft. It was wound by a horse, led around a circular track.
A whim was a device for hauling ore up a shaft. It was a vertically-mounted wooden drum to which a rope was attached, and then passed over a pulley and down the shaft. It was wound by a horse, led around a circular track.
