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Used to remove overburden to expose the coal seams in the Diplomat Mine. Retired in 1984. The large dipper bucket on the right is all that remains of the "Mr. Diplomat" shovel, the largest ever used in Canada. It was 30 cubic yards. The rest of the shovel which weighed over 1250 tons was cut up for scrap in 1984.
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A brand new Bucyrus 8750 is ready to undergo trials at the Keephills mine west of Edmonton. It will be used to strip off the overburden to reach the coal for use in the thermal generating plant. The boom is 425 feet long.
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Under these gently rolling hills with it's pristine cattle ranches is one of the world's largest coal deposits with coal seams as thick as 550 meters. It was once proposed to build a thermal plant nearby to strip-mine the whole valley of the estimated 10 Billion tons of lignite and sub-bituminous coal. webma
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A memorial to coal miners near the state capitol in Charleston, WV. It was starting to rain, so in my rush I shot this using auto exposure/focus. Created from 30 photos (5x6).
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View from the window of my mother in law. She lives in Jastrzebie coal-mining town at 8th floor in one of the many ugly apartment blocks. The first snow of tis year has improved a little bit the view from the window (in general its very gray). So here you are, feel as a coal miner in Polish mining field. This is Sunday...
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The is the country store at the Tour Ed Mine is Tarentum PA.The Tour Ed Mine is approximately 20 minutes north of Pittsburgh. For more information, visit their website www.tour-edmine.com
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101113 Devereux Slough south end birds at Pacific Ocean, Goleta, California. Part of the Coal Oil Point Natural Preserve run by the University of California, Santa Barbara. The endangered small Snowy Plover nests in this area.
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Thurmond, West Virginia is now virtually a ghost town located in Fayette County, WV on the banks of the New River. In the 1920s, Thurmond was a bustling boom town but is now owned by the National Park Service and operated as a tourist attraction. The renovated depot has been converted into a visitor center. The ...
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