digger for strip mining coal (german machine)

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  Friends of St. Aidans BE 1150 Walking Dragline

  2020429 · The Silver Spade At the Harrison Coal & Reclamation Historical Park , about a mile west of New Athens, Ohio, are the remains of another gigantic digging machine. A large iron bucket and cab of “The Silver Spade” lies in the grass among other mining equipment. The Silver Spade was a giant power shovel used for strip mining in …

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  Germany Plans to Raze Towns for Brown Coal and Cheap …

  2014213 · Giant machines dig for brown coal, or lignite, at Vattenfall's mining operation near Jänschwalde, Germany, in the Lausitz region. Its planned expansion could force relocation of towns. Photograph ...

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  Last activists leave hamlet at heart of German coal protest

  2023116 · The last two climate activists holed up beneath a German village due to be destroyed for the expansion of a nearby coal mine left the site on Monday.

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  Climate activists occupy giant digger at German coal mine

  2023116 · Climate activists have occupied a giant digger at a coal mine in western Germany to protest the destruction of a nearby village for the expansion of a separate mine.

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  Mining Machines Selection Guide: Types, Features, …

  1  · Dragline excavators are mining machines that consist of a large bucket suspended from a boom with wire ropes. They are used mainly in open pit mining or strip mining operations for coal and tar-sand.

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  What is Strip Mining? Methods and Impact | Environment …

  Learn what is strip mining of coal, Methods like contour strip mining and area strip mining. Learn the environmental impact of mining of strip mining coal.

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  The Captain’s Dying Hours - Coal Age

  2016830 · The Marion 6360 stripping shovel known as “the Captain” was the flagship machine at the vast Captain mine complex near Cutler, Illinois. When originally put to work in 1965 by Southwestern Illinois Coal Corp., the machine made headlines with the technical press around the world.

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  Dragline Excavator Uses | Dragline in Mining | American Mine …

  For larger mining operations like coal and oil sands strip mining, heavier equipment is often required. Dragline excavator uses for these operations often require them to be built onsite. Because they would be too expensive to transport, they stay in place at a …

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  St. Aidan's BE1150 Dragline - Atlas Obscura

  2010413 · Oddball, so named because it ran on an unusual voltage and made strange noises, is a U.S.-made Bucyrus Erie 1150, and worked the open cast coal mine at St. Aidan’s, Swillington, near Leeds ...

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