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Posted: 8/23/2015 7:32:42 PM EDT
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You dont, they just use it to dig until it wears out or the mine plays out and then leave it there. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That's cool, how do you get out of the hole you dug? You dont, they just use it to dig until it wears out or the mine plays out and then leave it there. Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel |
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Posted: 8/23/2015 7:40:32 PM EDT
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My favorite book as a child was about a steam shovel that dug a basement so fast he forgot to leave a ramp to get out. Trying to prove to the diesels he still had it. He became the boiler for the house.
I've got it somewhere. 
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Posted: 8/23/2015 7:42:27 PM EDT
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Lol, it was Mike Mullen and his steam shovel!
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Posted: 8/23/2015 7:44:29 PM EDT
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Lol, it was Mike Mullen and his steam shovel! I think everyone under the age of about 80 read that as a kid 
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Posted: 8/23/2015 7:45:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Boss recovery Quote HistoryQuoted: Boss recovery Tiny dump trucks |
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Posted: 8/23/2015 7:45:52 PM EDT
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I grew up there, always wondered what the end of the story was on that fucker. I see all the strip pits are reclaimed Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I70 near Terre Haute? 
iirc it then fell into a big pit. I grew up there, always wondered what the end of the story was on that fucker. I see all the strip pits are reclaimed I did too. I went back to Staunton several years ago. The place was leveled out and nothing but a sea of grass. Lots of memories of riding motorcycles on those hills and hunting there. 
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Posted: 8/23/2015 7:49:18 PM EDT
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I did too. I went back to Staunton several years ago. The place was leveled out and nothing but a sea of grass. Lots of memories of riding motorcycles on those hills and hunting there. Yup. Used to fish and swim in the pits out south of Staunton in the 70s and 80s. Knew the family that owned Crystal Lake north of Hills so had free access to that in the 80s and early 90s before I became an ex-Hoosier
glad to hear you escaped, too 
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Posted: 8/23/2015 7:53:15 PM EDT
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They can get pretty big. Video of 'Big Muskie' http://the-working-man.com/big_muskie.jpg And most of the bigger Draglines are usually just scrapped on site, or left to rot. We're talking about something that will take >100,000 man hours to disassemble, and an equal amount of time to reassemble on site. It usually is just cheaper to buy a new one and have it delivered to the new location. . . . . The smaller ones are usually worth moving once or twice. I know that the big equipment that was used digging the Panama Canal, most were left to rot, but now a days you would think they could salvage or save the things! |
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Posted: 8/23/2015 7:54:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I did too. I went back to Staunton several years ago. The place was leveled out and nothing but a sea of grass. Lots of memories of riding motorcycles on those hills and hunting there. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I grew up there, always wondered what the end of the story was on that fucker. I see all the strip pits are reclaimed I did too. I went back to Staunton several years ago. The place was leveled out and nothing but a sea of grass. Lots of memories of riding motorcycles on those hills and hunting there. It's pretty amazing how the reclamation of open pit mines is done these days. In Glenrock, Wyoming the Dave Johnson coal mine started it's reclamation project in 2000. It's now a wind farm and boasts some of the best grass range in the area. |
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Posted: 8/23/2015 7:57:37 PM EDT
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I think everyone under the age of about 80 read that as a kid Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lol, it was Mike Mullen and his steam shovel! I think everyone under the age of about 80 read that as a kid Sorry, never heard of it. 
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Posted: 8/24/2015 10:55:36 AM EDT
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Phosphate. Google "Bone Valley" and read the entry for the phosphate mine. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That's cool, how do you get out of the hole you dug? You dont, they just use it to dig until it wears out or the mine plays out and then leave it there. Nope, you cut it up in pieces and move it to a new location. (this drag line has been in Florida,New Mexico and now two different mines in Wyoming) http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd121/Seabee_Mech/My%20pics/IMG_610_zpsd3pme4i8.jpg http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd121/Seabee_Mech/My%20pics/Dragline%20Tri-structure_zpso2fk0djh.jpg What was something that big doing in Florida? What's in FL worth something that size? Thanks for the pics! Phosphate. Google "Bone Valley" and read the entry for the phosphate mine. Got it, thanks! |
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Posted: 8/24/2015 12:06:52 PM EDT
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sure would like to have that drag my pond looks like it would do a bang up job
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Posted: 8/25/2015 10:50:18 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/25/2015 11:12:47 AM EDT
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You don't, you turn it into the town hall's new boiler 
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That's cool, how do you get out of the hole you dug?
That was my favorite book when I was a kid. I've probably given a dozen copies to the children of friends over the years. |
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Posted: 8/25/2015 11:16:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat's fucking awesome. I love some big engineering. |
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Posted: 8/25/2015 11:27:17 AM EDT
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Cool thread.
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Posted: 8/26/2015 8:30:41 PM EDT
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I70 near Terre Haute?
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Back in the early/mid 80's, I watched Texas Utilities Mining (now Luminant) move one of their draglines across I-30 just outside Mt. Pleasant. Shut the interstate down for a whole weekend since they had to pile 20 feet of dirt across all four lanes to protect the pavement while it "walked" to the other side. Was fun to watch as a kid. I remember when they shut down a highway here to walk a shovel to the other side of the road. I was pretty young but I am sure it was a shovel and not a drag line. I70 near Terre Haute?
iirc it then fell into a big pit. Hwy 61 north of Boonville pretty sure it was Peabody's Marion 5900. |
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