How did mining work back in the day? Did people just picaxe long tunnels into the rock hoping they’ll find something useful?

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How did mining work back in the day? Did people just picaxe long tunnels into the rock hoping they’ll find something useful?

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Yes and no. Depending on what’s being mined.
Typically they’d find a vein and surface level evidence. (Think of gold washed down a creek, it comes from a vein somewhere)

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