Dante Mine Run at Caney Fork Tunnel
Ducking into Clinchfield’s 412’ long Caney Fork Tunnel, Dante Mine Run F892-17 prepares to start their days work on the McClure Spur. Typical work of the old Nora Turn of the early 1990’s, the veteran Dante crew of M. Addington and D. Yates will pull 100 loads of “north coal” from the McClure No. 1 Mine & Preparation Plant and take them to Shelby.
At the time of this photograph, the Clinchfield main between St. Paul and McClure was effectively mothballed; only being used for storage hopper moves, or crews returning home without a taxi. This resulted in very few moves to and from Dante during this time. The turn jobs that worked McClure were still based out of the “new” 1997 built yard office at Dante, but not for much longer.
Fast forward to today, all area mine runs are based out of Shelbiana, Ky. Contura’s McClure No. 1 Mine & Processing Plant still pumps out 100 loads of Metallurgial “north coal” almost daily for Newport News.
June 17, 2016.
Dante Mine Run at Caney Fork Tunnel
Ducking into Clinchfield’s 412’ long Caney Fork Tunnel, Dante Mine Run F892-17 prepares to start their days work on the McClure Spur. Typical work of the old Nora Turn of the early 1990’s, the veteran Dante crew of M. Addington and D. Yates will pull 100 loads of “north coal” from the McClure No. 1 Mine & Preparation Plant and take them to Shelby.
At the time of this photograph, the Clinchfield main between St. Paul and McClure was effectively mothballed; only being used for storage hopper moves, or crews returning home without a taxi. This resulted in very few moves to and from Dante during this time. The turn jobs that worked McClure were still based out of the “new” 1997 built yard office at Dante, but not for much longer.
Fast forward to today, all area mine runs are based out of Shelbiana, Ky. Contura’s McClure No. 1 Mine & Processing Plant still pumps out 100 loads of Metallurgial “north coal” almost daily for Newport News.
June 17, 2016.