Search Results
- IDNO:
- 004352
- Title:
- Hutchinson Mine Tipple, Fairmont Coal Company
- IDNO:
- 004353
- Title:
- Results of Open Cut Mining
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- View of Highwall: Many feet of overburden are removed by the large electric shovels to expose the coal seam. After completion of mining operations, the land is graded. It is then planted in forage crops, and beef cattle graze on it. Many trees have also been planted on lands affected by open-cut mining operations. At approximately the vertical center of the picture is a stratum of limestone which is quarried for use as road aggregate, track ballast and agricultural meal. Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
- IDNO:
- 004354
- Title:
- Cadiz Drive-In Theater was Built on Land Affected by Open-Cut Mining
- Description:
- 'Cadiz Drive-In Theater Near Cadiz, Ohio: The theater is located on land which had been affected by open-cut mining. The mining of the coal and the grading of the land after completion of mining operations was done by Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.'
- IDNO:
- 004355
- Title:
- Trees Planted on Areas Affected by Open-Cut Mining
- Description:
- 'Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company has planted many millions of trees on lands which have been affected by open-cut mining. It is evident from the photograph that the trees thrive very well on this land. These newly created forests provide sanctuary for wild life, and in recent years there has been a moticeable increase in the amount of wild life present in these new forest areas. The trees in this photograph had been planted for some seven years at the time the photograph was taken. When these trees reach maturity they will have many uses, including that of supplying roof support material for Hanna's underground mines.'
- IDNO:
- 004356
- Title:
- New River Bridge Under Construction
- IDNO:
- 004357
- Title:
- Hanna Coal Company Shovels at Work
- Description:
- 'The nature of Hanna Coal's surface mining operations is illustrated here. Among the company's seven strip shovels for removing the overburden and uncovering the 52-inch vein of coal, are four giants weighing in the neighborhood of 1,800 tons each, equipped with booms up to 120 feet long, and with scoops having a capacity up to 50 cubic yards. Each of these large shovels can move enough stone and earth per year to cover a football field more than a mile high.'
- IDNO:
- 004358
- Title:
- Hanna Coal Company Shovels at Work
- Description:
- 'The nature of Hanna Coal's surface mining operations is illustrated here. Among the company's seven strip shovels for removing the overburden and uncovering the 52-inch vein of coal, are four giants weighing in the neighborhood of 1,800 tons each, equipped with booms up to 120 feet long, and with scoops having a capacity up to 50 cubic yards. Each of these large shovels can move enough stone and earth per year to cover a football field more than a mile high.'
- IDNO:
- 004359
- Title:
- Results of Open Cut Mining
- IDNO:
- 004360
- Title:
- Marevsky Strip Mining Operation
- Date:
- ca. 1925
- Description:
- Marion Shovel Model 28 during strip mining. Donkey is pulling a cart.
- IDNO:
- 004361
- Title:
- Mountaineer, the World's Largest Shovel
- Description:
- Marion Power Shovel Company shovel, The Mountaineer, working on a surface mine.
- IDNO:
- 004362
- Title:
- Hanna Coal Company Shovels at Work
- Description:
- Hanna Coal Co. Shovels: 'looks like 'The Mountaineer' on the right and probably 'The Tiger' on 'The Green Hornet' on the left.'
- IDNO:
- 004363
- Title:
- Shovel at Work on a Surface Mine
- Description:
- Shovel strip mining a hillside.
