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miner490 · Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Posts: 688

Underground fire fighting equipment

Going down

Chris · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:34 pm Post subject:

MIKE theres your glen alden shuttle car!!! Shocked

going down a northern field glen alden shaft Shocked

woah theres the photo of the year tony!
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Chris · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject:

AND in all my excitement i didnt even notice the old C.M. in the last photo Shocked

i dont know if thats awesome that the northern field was more modernized than i thought or if those things should have stayed out west of here Laughing

however it shows up to the end glen alden was kicking out some production and taking risks attempting to use "new" technology here in the anthracite! awesome stuff tony, simply awesome. im sure pete can fill in what make those exactly are.
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Chris · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject:

loomis colliery:

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John · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 860 Location: North Central PA

wow! nice Tony!

for a second i could have SWORE i was looking at a BITUMINOUS operation!!!

i get the feeling that we'll be hearing from the bitty region any minute now....
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Chris · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:58 pm Post subject:

i think im in too much shock to joke around with those folk tonight.....

ps john has been hanging out west of here too much....... just notice the bitty language above.....ALL CAPS
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Chris · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:25 am Post subject:

tony i moved this over here cause i think it will get more attention in coal mining. also i noticed that C.M. is loading into a wooden mine car...... now theres a mix of technology! you can see the dump door bar under the conveyor.
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miner490 · Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Posts: 688

I inadvertently posted it over there. Still figuring the posting of pics out a bit.

miner490 · Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Posts: 688

miner490 · Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Posts: 688

Oh no have I stirred up controversy. Bity vs anti's ? LOL. Winter months can be so boring. Figured we needed some excitment. Even though I diddnt know I was doing it lol Love those aerial shots Chris !!

Brian · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject:

where did you find those pics
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rail haulage miners · Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 1432 Location: Central Ohio

Now that is a professional mine. Dropping the shuttle car down the shaft is always a classic difficult to get photo. We still have a few mines that operate the exact same lowering all the supplies down the shafts. From the picture posted they were actually using the haulage hoist to lower the equipment in. We have a separate supply shaft in order not to stop production of the skip hoists.

I knew they used all that equipment out there. This confirms it. GREAT SHOTS. The continuous miner that is being used is a unique one. There is a similar model in a working display at the Tour Ed Mine. This is no Anty VS Bitty battle at all. The pictures say it all.

Seriously thanks for posting the pictures - - -those are just AWESOME shots. Look similar to our shots we take of our equipment - - - see what happens when they are black & white plus in Anty country then they get the attention - - - I always find that interesting.
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Chris · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:32 pm Post subject:

of course its only good if its out here Wink

anyways pete, is there temporary guides on the shuttle car being lowered or how do they keep it from rotating.

imagine the view from the operators position in that photo Shocked

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PA COAL · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject:

Awesome pictures Smile

MolyMiner7 · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 65 Location: Stockton, Ca

Great pictures! That's how getting trucks and equipment down the shaft is still done out west. Cable it to the cage and lower away. I have not had the pleasure of seeing it done though, working in declines and all. Anybody who gets one of those shots is a lucky s.o.b. Very cool.
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