Search Results
- IDNO:
- 002113
- Title:
- Cattle Grazing on Reclaimed Fields Which Have Been Affected by Open-Cut Mining
- Description:
- After open-cut mining has been completed in a given area, the land affected is graded and planted in forage crops. Seeding done to date has consisted of a mixture of legumes and grasses with alfalfa predominateing, but also included were sweet clover, birdsfoot trefoil, brome grass and orchard grass. Other mixtures which have been used include alfalfa and brome grass, and birdsfoot trefoil with blue grass. A few years after seeding, these fields will supposrt a good stand of forage crops. White faced Hereford cattle are then turned out for grazing. Experience has shown that the cattle often gain wieght faster in these fields than in adjoining fields unaffected by open cut mining. It is also interesting to note that when the cattle are given their choice of a grazing spot, they invariably choose the restored fields. The open-cut mining operations contribute greatly to the enrichment of this soil. This is because in the process of open-cut mining a vein of water-soluble limestone is broken up and mixed in with the soil. This photograph shows white faced Herefords grazing in a field which has been affected by open-cut mining and later graded and planted. Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.
- IDNO:
- 002114
- Title:
- Iron Ore on a Conveyor Going Into the Smelter at Wheeling, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 002115
- Title:
- Two Cars Fit into the Scoop of the 'Mountaineer'
- Description:
- A large scoop with two cars fitting between its jaws.
- IDNO:
- 002116
- Title:
- Two Cars Fit into the Scoop of the 'Mountaineer'
- Description:
- A large scoop with two cars fitting between its jaws.
- IDNO:
- 002117
- Title:
- Towboats and Coal Barges on an Appalachian River
- IDNO:
- 002118
- Title:
- Consolidation Coal Company Officials Dine With John L. Lewis at the Fairmont Field Club
- Date:
- 1948/11/15
- Description:
- Lewis is seated at the table on the right.
- IDNO:
- 002119
- Title:
- Ireland Mine Portal Area Supply Yard
- Date:
- 1958/06/01
- IDNO:
- 002120
- Title:
- Mountaineer, a 60 Cubic Yard Shovel with a Car Size Crawler
- Description:
- A car parked next to the Mountaineer crawler to demonstrate size. Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.
- IDNO:
- 002121
- Title:
- Lee Norse CM28E Continuous Miner
- Description:
- Continuous miner in action.
- IDNO:
- 002122
- Title:
- Coal in Rail Road Car
- IDNO:
- 002123
- Title:
- Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Car Loaded with Coal
- IDNO:
- 002124
- Title:
- Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Mountaineer Shovel
- Description:
- People standing next to the massive Mountaineer shovel.
