Minecart

In particular, a V skip wagon is a side-tipping skid with a V-shaped body (Images) Minecarts range in size and usage, and are usually made of steel for hauling ore.

Shaped like large, rectangular buckets, minecarts ride on metal tracks and were originally pushed or pulled by men and animals (supplemented later by rope-haulage systems).

They were generally introduced in early modern time, replacing containers carried by men.

[4][circular reference] As mines increased in size and output, the aforementioned methods became impractical because of the distances and quantities of material involved, so larger carts would be used, hauled by narrow gauge diesel and electric locomotives (in coal mining operations, where gas that is flammable would present a problem, the locomotives would be flameproof or battery powered).

Minecarts in Stardew Valley are also used for transportation between the farm, mines and a few other destinations but are not available from the beginning and are unlocked by completing one part of the community center.

In Sun Haven, a minecart is used for players to traverse between floors in the mines while other farm sims use lifts.